polyhistor
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English
Etymology
From Latin polyhistor (“very learned”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr, “greatly learned”).
Pronunciation
Noun
polyhistor (plural polyhistors)
- Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.
- 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 24:
- A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man.
- 1997, Eckhart Gillen, quoting Henry Schumann, German Art from Beckmann to Richter, →ISBN, page 289:
- Claus is an artist, though he does not like to call himself one, and a scholar. As such, he personifies the polyhistor, a species rarely found today.
Synonyms
- (gifted in multiple disciplines): polymath, Renaissance man
Translations
someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines
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Further reading
- “polyhistor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- polymath, polyhistor at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
polyhistor m anim
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
See also
Further reading
- “polyhistor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “polyhistor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989