polymath
[ pol-ee-math ]
/ ˈpɒl iˌmæθ /
noun
a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
Origin of polymath
1615–25; < Greek
polymathḗs learned, having learned much, equivalent to
poly-
poly- +
-mathēs, adj. derivative of
manthánein to learn
OTHER WORDS FROM polymath
pol·y·math·ic, adjectiveWords nearby polymath
Example sentences from the Web for polymath
Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric seventeenth-century Jesuit polymath, collector of curiosities, and borderline crank.
Athanasius Kircher was a Jesuit priest and polymath, a man of unusual talents.
The polymath Aristoxenus is credited with a book on the writers of tragedy.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies |Archer Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for polymath
polymath
/ (ˈpɒlɪˌmæθ) /
noun
a person of great and varied learning
Derived forms of polymath
polymathic, adjective polymathy (pəˈlɪməθɪ), nounWord Origin for polymath
C17: from Greek
polumathēs having much knowledge