Renaissance man
Renaissance man · Renaissance men
учёный, эрудит, полимат
Polyhistor, Universalgelehrter
A man who lived during the Renaissance periodA man who lived during the Renaissance period.
» His father is a bit of a Renaissance man.
Meaning
2 senses(literally)A man who lived during the Renaissance period.
a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
(figuratively)A man with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
Examples
1 sentencesHis father is a bit of a Renaissance man.
Origin
After the Renaissance, as such a concept of man was developed in this period.After the Renaissance, as such a concept of man was developed in this period.
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Forms
plural: Renaissance menSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests:generalist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular