Definition of polymath in English:

polymath

noun ˈpɒlɪmaθˈpɑliˌmæθ

A person of wide knowledge or learning.
博学者
a Renaissance polymath
Example sentencesExamples
- In an age of polymaths who mastered all the disciplines, knew many languages, and wrote more than any modern can read, chronology, with its varied contents and technical difficulties, seemed the essence of scholarship.
- There is a similar irony in the fact that he was one of the last great polymaths - not in the frivolous sense of having a wide general knowledge, but in the deeper sense of one who is a citizen of the whole world of intellectual inquiry.
- This mystical attraction to words would lead him not only to become a linguistic polymath, but to invent his own private language, with its own alphabet, which he used in writing his diary.
- In a century of eclectic geniuses, Casanova was a supreme polymath.
- In high school, I studied American history with a nineteenth-century-style polymath who assigned us readings from Richard Hofstadter.
- Writing in The New York Times Book Review, Judith Shulevitz gushed, ‘Novelists, in short, have become our public intellectuals - our polymaths, our geographers, our scholars of the material world.’
- He was a polymath and was offered a history scholarship before opting for medicine.
- A prodigy and a polymath, he first came to notice as ‘the bad boy of music’ in the Twenties Paris avant-garde, associated with Pound.
- His portrait of this elusive, intensely private genius describes Faraday's links with painters and poets, polymaths and mystics.
- These polymaths often resented their lack of recognition from specialist professional academics, and compensated by seeking political success.
- This, Zimmer claims, was the achievement of the group of virtuosi - highly talented polymaths more or less trapped in Oxford during the civil war and the Cromwellian republic of the mid-17th century.
- What I didn't know at the time was he was also a polymath, with a wide range of interests and a photographic memory.
- Raskin's CV reads something like a masterclass in being a polymath: he was an accomplished musician, programmer and designer.
- A prodigious polymath, he wrote on subjects as varied as grammar and gout, ethics and eczema, and was highly regarded in his lifetime as a philosopher as well as a doctor.
- An autodidact and a polymath, Wallace studied economics, meteorology, history, genetics, and many other subjects.
- Moreau's art is a reassemblage of the memory and the tricks of the memory, as thorough and as convolute as Proust's vast quest for a half-lost past that was, likewise, the lifework of a polymath spellbound by beauty.
- James Lighthill was indeed a brilliant scientist; but he was also a polymath, with knowledge, insight and enthusiasm for the arts and humanities.
- For as long as there has been a publishing industry, there have been used books, that supposedly quaint world of polymaths and antiquarians poking about musty, cluttered stores for titles few readers would know.
- I took heart from an interview with Thomas Stoppard where somebody said to him, ‘You're such a polymath,’ and he said, ‘Yes, for about three months.’
- If you are one of the benighted majority, you should know that he was one of those Victorian Scottish polymaths; a poet, theologian, and geologist of some genius.
Synonyms
intelligent person, learned person, highbrow, academic, bookworm, bookish person, man of letters, woman of letters, bluestocking, thinker, brain, scholar, sage

Derivatives

polymathic

adjective pɒlɪˈmaθɪk

Margie Thomson has chronicled his journey from musical whiz kid to polymathic author.
Example sentencesExamples
- That is the daunting task for undaunted talk radio hosts, Web pundits, and bar drunks, and a major reason why such polymathic opinion dispensers rarely provide much more than a light snack for those seeking the nourishment of truth.
- I was discussing the problem with two polymathic friends of mine, reproductive biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart, co-authors of Figments of Reality, Evolving the Alien and The Science of Discworld.
- In it he exhibits a polymathic fluency in nearly every language of social theory from the late 18th century to the present.
- Ben would engage in diverse acts of self-expression - art-works, music, craft-works, scientific theorisations - by which a polymathic apprehension of the world would be concentrated into new forms of representation.

polymathy

noun pəˈlɪməθi

Polymathy could not be maintained because of the continuously increasing knowledge base that resulted in the establishment of scientific disciplines and scientists who knew much more in a specific area.
Example sentencesExamples
- Specialisation is seen as far more desirable than polymathy.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Greek polumathēs 'having learned much', from polu- 'much' + the stem of manthanein 'learn'.

Definition of polymath in US English:

polymath

nounˈpälēˌmaTHˈpɑliˌmæθ

A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.
博学者
a Renaissance polymath
Example sentencesExamples
- An autodidact and a polymath, Wallace studied economics, meteorology, history, genetics, and many other subjects.
- Moreau's art is a reassemblage of the memory and the tricks of the memory, as thorough and as convolute as Proust's vast quest for a half-lost past that was, likewise, the lifework of a polymath spellbound by beauty.
- This mystical attraction to words would lead him not only to become a linguistic polymath, but to invent his own private language, with its own alphabet, which he used in writing his diary.
- He was a polymath and was offered a history scholarship before opting for medicine.
- In a century of eclectic geniuses, Casanova was a supreme polymath.
- In high school, I studied American history with a nineteenth-century-style polymath who assigned us readings from Richard Hofstadter.
- There is a similar irony in the fact that he was one of the last great polymaths - not in the frivolous sense of having a wide general knowledge, but in the deeper sense of one who is a citizen of the whole world of intellectual inquiry.
- In an age of polymaths who mastered all the disciplines, knew many languages, and wrote more than any modern can read, chronology, with its varied contents and technical difficulties, seemed the essence of scholarship.
- Writing in The New York Times Book Review, Judith Shulevitz gushed, ‘Novelists, in short, have become our public intellectuals - our polymaths, our geographers, our scholars of the material world.’
- This, Zimmer claims, was the achievement of the group of virtuosi - highly talented polymaths more or less trapped in Oxford during the civil war and the Cromwellian republic of the mid-17th century.
- His portrait of this elusive, intensely private genius describes Faraday's links with painters and poets, polymaths and mystics.
- For as long as there has been a publishing industry, there have been used books, that supposedly quaint world of polymaths and antiquarians poking about musty, cluttered stores for titles few readers would know.
- A prodigy and a polymath, he first came to notice as ‘the bad boy of music’ in the Twenties Paris avant-garde, associated with Pound.
- I took heart from an interview with Thomas Stoppard where somebody said to him, ‘You're such a polymath,’ and he said, ‘Yes, for about three months.’
- If you are one of the benighted majority, you should know that he was one of those Victorian Scottish polymaths; a poet, theologian, and geologist of some genius.
- These polymaths often resented their lack of recognition from specialist professional academics, and compensated by seeking political success.
- Raskin's CV reads something like a masterclass in being a polymath: he was an accomplished musician, programmer and designer.
- What I didn't know at the time was he was also a polymath, with a wide range of interests and a photographic memory.
- James Lighthill was indeed a brilliant scientist; but he was also a polymath, with knowledge, insight and enthusiasm for the arts and humanities.
- A prodigious polymath, he wrote on subjects as varied as grammar and gout, ethics and eczema, and was highly regarded in his lifetime as a philosopher as well as a doctor.
Synonyms
intelligent person, learned person, highbrow, academic, bookworm, bookish person, man of letters, woman of letters, bluestocking, thinker, brain, scholar, sage

Origin

Early 17th century: from Greek polumathēs ‘having learned much’, from polu- ‘much’ + the stem of manthanein ‘learn’.

词汇	polymath
释义	Definition of polymath in English: polymath noun ˈpɒlɪmaθˈpɑliˌmæθ A person of wide knowledge or learning. 博学者 a Renaissance polymath Example sentencesExamples In an age of polymaths who mastered all the disciplines, knew many languages, and wrote more than any modern can read, chronology, with its varied contents and technical difficulties, seemed the essence of scholarship. There is a similar irony in the fact that he was one of the last great polymaths - not in the frivolous sense of having a wide general knowledge, but in the deeper sense of one who is a citizen of the whole world of intellectual inquiry. This mystical attraction to words would lead him not only to become a linguistic polymath, but to invent his own private language, with its own alphabet, which he used in writing his diary. In a century of eclectic geniuses, Casanova was a supreme polymath. In high school, I studied American history with a nineteenth-century-style polymath who assigned us readings from Richard Hofstadter. Writing in The New York Times Book Review, Judith Shulevitz gushed, ‘Novelists, in short, have become our public intellectuals - our polymaths, our geographers, our scholars of the material world.’ He was a polymath and was offered a history scholarship before opting for medicine. A prodigy and a polymath, he first came to notice as ‘the bad boy of music’ in the Twenties Paris avant-garde, associated with Pound. His portrait of this elusive, intensely private genius describes Faraday's links with painters and poets, polymaths and mystics. These polymaths often resented their lack of recognition from specialist professional academics, and compensated by seeking political success. This, Zimmer claims, was the achievement of the group of virtuosi - highly talented polymaths more or less trapped in Oxford during the civil war and the Cromwellian republic of the mid-17th century. What I didn't know at the time was he was also a polymath, with a wide range of interests and a photographic memory. Raskin's CV reads something like a masterclass in being a polymath: he was an accomplished musician, programmer and designer. A prodigious polymath, he wrote on subjects as varied as grammar and gout, ethics and eczema, and was highly regarded in his lifetime as a philosopher as well as a doctor. An autodidact and a polymath, Wallace studied economics, meteorology, history, genetics, and many other subjects. Moreau's art is a reassemblage of the memory and the tricks of the memory, as thorough and as convolute as Proust's vast quest for a half-lost past that was, likewise, the lifework of a polymath spellbound by beauty. James Lighthill was indeed a brilliant scientist; but he was also a polymath, with knowledge, insight and enthusiasm for the arts and humanities. For as long as there has been a publishing industry, there have been used books, that supposedly quaint world of polymaths and antiquarians poking about musty, cluttered stores for titles few readers would know. I took heart from an interview with Thomas Stoppard where somebody said to him, ‘You're such a polymath,’ and he said, ‘Yes, for about three months.’ If you are one of the benighted majority, you should know that he was one of those Victorian Scottish polymaths; a poet, theologian, and geologist of some genius. Synonyms intelligent person, learned person, highbrow, academic, bookworm, bookish person, man of letters, woman of letters, bluestocking, thinker, brain, scholar, sage Derivatives polymathic adjective pɒlɪˈmaθɪk Margie Thomson has chronicled his journey from musical whiz kid to polymathic author. Example sentencesExamples That is the daunting task for undaunted talk radio hosts, Web pundits, and bar drunks, and a major reason why such polymathic opinion dispensers rarely provide much more than a light snack for those seeking the nourishment of truth. I was discussing the problem with two polymathic friends of mine, reproductive biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart, co-authors of Figments of Reality, Evolving the Alien and The Science of Discworld. In it he exhibits a polymathic fluency in nearly every language of social theory from the late 18th century to the present. Ben would engage in diverse acts of self-expression - art-works, music, craft-works, scientific theorisations - by which a polymathic apprehension of the world would be concentrated into new forms of representation. polymathy noun pəˈlɪməθi Polymathy could not be maintained because of the continuously increasing knowledge base that resulted in the establishment of scientific disciplines and scientists who knew much more in a specific area. Example sentencesExamples Specialisation is seen as far more desirable than polymathy. Origin Early 17th century: from Greek polumathēs 'having learned much', from polu- 'much' + the stem of manthanein 'learn'. Definition of polymath in US English: polymath nounˈpälēˌmaTHˈpɑliˌmæθ A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. 博学者 a Renaissance polymath Example sentencesExamples An autodidact and a polymath, Wallace studied economics, meteorology, history, genetics, and many other subjects. Moreau's art is a reassemblage of the memory and the tricks of the memory, as thorough and as convolute as Proust's vast quest for a half-lost past that was, likewise, the lifework of a polymath spellbound by beauty. This mystical attraction to words would lead him not only to become a linguistic polymath, but to invent his own private language, with its own alphabet, which he used in writing his diary. He was a polymath and was offered a history scholarship before opting for medicine. In a century of eclectic geniuses, Casanova was a supreme polymath. In high school, I studied American history with a nineteenth-century-style polymath who assigned us readings from Richard Hofstadter. There is a similar irony in the fact that he was one of the last great polymaths - not in the frivolous sense of having a wide general knowledge, but in the deeper sense of one who is a citizen of the whole world of intellectual inquiry. In an age of polymaths who mastered all the disciplines, knew many languages, and wrote more than any modern can read, chronology, with its varied contents and technical difficulties, seemed the essence of scholarship. Writing in The New York Times Book Review, Judith Shulevitz gushed, ‘Novelists, in short, have become our public intellectuals - our polymaths, our geographers, our scholars of the material world.’ This, Zimmer claims, was the achievement of the group of virtuosi - highly talented polymaths more or less trapped in Oxford during the civil war and the Cromwellian republic of the mid-17th century. His portrait of this elusive, intensely private genius describes Faraday's links with painters and poets, polymaths and mystics. For as long as there has been a publishing industry, there have been used books, that supposedly quaint world of polymaths and antiquarians poking about musty, cluttered stores for titles few readers would know. A prodigy and a polymath, he first came to notice as ‘the bad boy of music’ in the Twenties Paris avant-garde, associated with Pound. I took heart from an interview with Thomas Stoppard where somebody said to him, ‘You're such a polymath,’ and he said, ‘Yes, for about three months.’ If you are one of the benighted majority, you should know that he was one of those Victorian Scottish polymaths; a poet, theologian, and geologist of some genius. These polymaths often resented their lack of recognition from specialist professional academics, and compensated by seeking political success. Raskin's CV reads something like a masterclass in being a polymath: he was an accomplished musician, programmer and designer. What I didn't know at the time was he was also a polymath, with a wide range of interests and a photographic memory. James Lighthill was indeed a brilliant scientist; but he was also a polymath, with knowledge, insight and enthusiasm for the arts and humanities. A prodigious polymath, he wrote on subjects as varied as grammar and gout, ethics and eczema, and was highly regarded in his lifetime as a philosopher as well as a doctor. Synonyms intelligent person, learned person, highbrow, academic, bookworm, bookish person, man of letters, woman of letters, bluestocking, thinker, brain, scholar, sage Origin Early 17th century: from Greek polumathēs ‘having learned much’, from polu- ‘much’ + the stem of manthanein ‘learn’.
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