Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person of great or varied learning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person of various learning. Also
polymathist .
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- noun A person with extraordinarily
broad andcomprehensive knowledge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person of great and varied learning
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word "polymath" was invented for a man like Nathan Myhrvold, who earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics by age 23, studied with Stephen Hawking, made millions as Microsoft's chief technology officer, and has lectured on topics as diverse as barbecuing and paleontology.
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Ireland used to call a "polymath," for he professed at one time or another, in various universities, logic, metaphysics, Greek, and finally natural history.
Science and Morals and Other Essays Bertram Coghill Alan Windle 1893
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I would like to contribute a few more based on my book experience over the last year about what a next generation, "polymath" analyst firm should aim for
deal architect 2010
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I would like to contribute a few more based on my book experience over the last year about what a next generation, "polymath" analyst firm should aim for
deal architect 2010
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One of Fred Pawlicki's friends called him a "polymath," which is just a fancy way of saying he's a pretty smart guy who's done a lot of different things.
LJWorld.com stories: News < 2010
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Actually I think you will find that the word you are looking for is 'polymath'.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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The word "polymath" teeters somewhere between Leonardo da Vinci and Stephen Fry.
Mental multivitamin 2009
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I thank them because if I was not the real homeowner they just stopped someone robbing my house. polymath
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From my friend Henry Gee (whose highly recommended blog is The End of the Pier Show, the show in question being Henry's many lives as science editor, fiction and non-fiction book author, palaenotologist, SF supremo, polymath, father and Person Who Lives in Norfolk These Days): Ansible 240 (July 2007)
Writing Maxine 2009
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The same day's paper features a story "Is this a work of art or just any old iron?" about how the writer, broadcaster, doctor and polymath Sir Jonathan Miller asked a passing scrap metal merchant to remove a rusting bath from his front garden -- only to find his three metal sculptures had also been over-enthusiastically taken.
Media Maxine 2009
cutlery commented on the word polymath
"Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard the Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath" (Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, 005.4).
January 22, 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word polymath
"He was one of the greatest orators of all time. He was a polymath, a wit, immensely knowledgeable, and a valiant fighter against all tyrants, including imaginary supernatural ones."
--Richard Dawkins, statement about Christopher Hitchen's life.
July 1, 2015