polymath
Meanings
Plural: polymaths
Noun
- a person of great and varied learning
- A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”), first attested in 1624. From πολύς (polús, “much”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). Compare opsimath, philomath, polyhistor, polymathic, polymathist, and polymathy. By surface analysis, poly- + math.
Synonyms
polyhistor, Renaissance man
Scrabble Score: 18
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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