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poly·math (pälə mat̸h′)

noun

a person of great and diversified learning

Etymology: < Gr polymathēs, knowing much < poly-, poly- + manthanein, learn: see mathematical

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polymath Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • century: I'll end with a story about one of my favorite people - Blase Pascal, a French polymath of the 17 th Century.

Adjective modifier

  • Victorian: Humphrey, " Lord Rayleigh - the last of the great Victorian polymaths " , Bull.
  • great: Humphrey, " Lord Rayleigh - the last of the great Victorian polymaths " , Bull.
  • true: Wendy is still around today, and is a true polymath, working in all kinds of creative and scientific fields.
  • French: I'll end with a story about one of my favorite people - Blase Pascal, a French polymath of the 17 th Century.
  • genuine: He really was a most unusual man a genuine polymath.
  • encyclopedic: Aristotle was an encyclopedic polymath, an all time intellect.

Noun used with modifier

  • century: The Gorsedd, as we know it today, was founded by a late eighteenth century Welsh polymath called Edward Williams.