polymath
A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledgeA person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
» A polymath is someone who knows a whole lot about a whole lot.
Ein Universalgelehrter ist jemand, der viel über viel weiß.
Meaning
1 sensesA person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
Polyhistor, Universalgelehrter
полима́тpolimát, эруди́тerudít, учёныйučónyj
- a person of great and varied learning
Examples
3 sentencesA polymath is someone who knows a whole lot about a whole lot.
deEin Universalgelehrter ist jemand, der viel über viel weiß. — al_ex_an_der
Polymaths are more likely to adapt to the changing economy than specialists.
Tom is a true polymath.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”), first aLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”), first attested in 1624. From πολύς (polús, “much”) (for more, see poly-) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). Compare opsimath, philomath, polyhistor, polymathic, polymathist, and polymathy.
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