Savant Definition

să-vänt
savants
noun
savants
A learned person; eminent scholar.
Webster's New World
An idiot savant.
American Heritage
A person with a severe developmental disorder or other major mental disability who possesses some remarkable aptitude, as for memorization, rapid mental calculation, art, or music.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Savant

Noun

Singular:
savant
Plural:
savants

Origin of Savant

  • French learned, savant from Old French present participle of savoir to know from Vulgar Latin sapēre from Latin sapere to be wise sep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French savant from Latin sapere.

    From Wiktionary

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