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polymath
[pol-ee-math]
noun
a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
polymath
/ ˈpɒlɪˌmæθ, pəˈlɪməθɪ /
noun
a person of great and varied learning
Other Word Forms
- polymathic adjective
- polymathy noun
- ˌDZˈٳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of polymath1
Example Sentences
Alberti was a genius — a polymath who grew up in exile from Florence.
After leaving the military, Burkle became a medical polymath, qualified in five different specialties he felt would be necessary: emergency medicine, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, public health and psychiatry.
The ultimate perfectionist filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick, had the help of a tireless polymath assistant.
The authors advocate for nurturing AI-enabled polymaths to bridge the gap between theoretical advancements and practical applications, driving progress toward artificial general intelligence.
For his first non-American subject, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns chose Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
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Related Words
- accomplished
- educated
- scholarly
- scientific
- studied
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