polyhistoric

adjective

Definition of polyhistoricnext
as in scholarly

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  1. scholarly
  2. erudite
  3. literate
  4. learned
  5. academic
  6. cultivated
  7. cultured
  8. bookish
Adjective
  • Association of University Presses (AUPresses) members share a commitment to advancing knowledge and have long published scholarly works that contribute to understanding many complex subjects, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • This followed a common scholarly notion that Maya hieroglyphics were not tied to spoken language.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 July 2026
Definition of scholarly
Adjective
  • Prolific author and erudite British import David Thomson has been writing about film for more than six decades.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of erudite
Adjective
  • Emanuele Maucci would never have thought of launching an editorial venture publishing books that only the literate elite would read.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • Anybody who is as literate and thoughtful as Tyler is inspires me.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Definition of literate
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
Definition of learned
Adjective
  • The board sets education policy, maintains academic standards, and oversees educational licenses and the accreditation system.
    — Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • The system will be installed at NTHU’s College of Semiconductor Research (CoSR) and used for academic research as well as joint development projects with Taiwan’s semiconductor industry.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
Definition of academic
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
Definition of cultivated
Adjective
  • The necklace is made up of 178 diamonds totaling about 52 carats and another seven South Sea cultured pearls.
    — Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026
  • The collapse of the Gulf pearling industry — which began in the late 1920s on the arrival of cheaper Japanese cultured pearls — brought widespread poverty to the region, until the discovery of oil shortly after.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of cultured
Adjective
  • The Album, Bryce Savage’s not-so-bookish gurglefest about femme fatales.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Definition of bookish
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