Recent Examples on the WebHe was joined there by his friend Dan Sullivan, a fellow polymath, who has also collected a staggering number of credentials.—Joseph Bernstein Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 3 June 2024 The film will be based on Walter Isaacson’s 2017 biography of Leonardo, a sprawling tome based largely on the polymath’s notebooks.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024 While 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 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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