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polymath
English
Alternative forms
- polumathe, polymathe [both 17th century]
Etymology
First attested in 1624; from the Ancient Greek ????????? (polumath?s, “having learnt much”), from ????? (polús, “much”) + ???? (máth?) (math?, “learning”; from ??????? (manthán?), manthan? “I learn”); compare opsimath, philomath, polyhistor, polymathic, polymathist, and polymathy, as well as the French polymathe.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?l?mæ?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?li?mæ?/, /?p?l?mæ?/
Noun
polymath (plural polymaths)
- A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
- 1624, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (2nd edn.), p.6:
- To be thought and held Polumathes and Polihistors.
- 1624, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (2nd edn.), p.6:
Synonyms
- polyhistor
- renaissance man
Antonyms
- monomath
Coordinate terms
- factotum, handyman, jack of all trades, sciolist
Related terms
- automath
- polymathy
- polymathic
- polymathist
Translations
References
- “polymath, n. (a.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
- “polymath, n. and adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., September 2006]
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erudition
English
Etymology
[15th Century] From Middle French érudition, from Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????d???n/
Noun
erudition (countable and uncountable, plural eruditions)
- Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
- The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.
Synonyms
- (profound knowledge): knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism
Related terms
- erudite
- rude
Translations
Further reading
- erudition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- erudition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- erudition at OneLook Dictionary Search
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