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Definition of polymath noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

polymath

noun
 
/ˈpɒlimæθ/
 
/ˈpɑːlimæθ/
(formal, approving)
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  1. a person who knows a lot about many different subjects
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek polumathēs ‘having learned much’, from polu- ‘much’ + the stem of manthanein ‘learn’.
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