polyhistoric

Definition of polyhistoricnext

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Adjective
  • The women had been close friends while studying for their doctorates some years earlier, but Catherine has since grown resentful of Leonora’s career, and dismissive of women whose scholarly ambitions come before marital subservience.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Astrology, a pursuit that hovers in the nebulous space between science and storytelling, is not exactly a robust academic field, and LaFaive had no scholarly studies of Goodman’s life or work to consult.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Original host Dave Garroway was an erudite guide who shaped the mix of news, lifestyle and human interest stories that still define morning news programs.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • The work of the reclusive, forbiddingly erudite author turns out to be perfect easy-listening material.
    Namara Smith, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Henry sees the change as an unfair burden to senior riders who are not as technologically literate and low-income residents who don’t have bank accounts to link to the phone app or a credit card.
    Dylan Lysen June 11, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • Stephen Sondheim shows are famously literate, emotionally layered and dramatically complex.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2026
Adjective
  • What made the incident even more striking was that most of Audubon Zoo’s sleepy lizards were bred in captivity, implying the reaction was an innate response instead of learned behavior.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This kind of trading is seen as a form of learned behavior, where dogs associate a specific action with a reward.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Newton reportedly stole a computer, and there were allegations of academic misconduct.
    Mac Engel June 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
  • That letter has now been signed by about 100 cybersecurity professionals from companies including Nvidia, Adobe, Zoom, Google, Anaplan, and Sophos, as well as some academic cybersecurity researchers.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Some butter is cultured by adding lactic acid bacteria.
    Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
  • The researchers also collected and cultured airborne microbes from the mummy’s storage chamber and from the room where the remains were handled.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • Angela’s bookish young son Jonathan (Danny Pintauro) and her gloriously uninhibited mother Mona (Katherine Helmond) rounded out the household.
    JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • Patel grew up in a small village in the middle of England, performed with The Young Actors Company in Cambridge and turned professional at 17 — spending the next nine years playing the quiet, bookish Tamwar Masood on the British soap EastEnders.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
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“Polyhistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyhistoric. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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