Recent Examples on the WebWhile the staging is shot through with explosive moments in its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the tragedy of the 17th-century polymath never catches fire in this sluggish three-hour-long production.—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024 The polymath spent his final years in France, living near Amboise on the Loire River and working under Francis I as a painter, architect and engineer.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024 Unlike typical lawyers with one specialty, Lenkov emerges as a polymath fueled by the excitement and challenges of being multifaceted.—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 It was established by eighteenth-century polymaths as an expression of the Enlightenment conviction that universal truths might be arrived at through intellectual inquiry and scientific reason.—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for polymath
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Word History
Etymology
Greek polymathēs very learned, from poly- + manthanein to learn — more at mathematical
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