polyhistor

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Definition of polyhistor in English English dictionary

someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines

a universal scientist (generally in use to describe such a person when the term philosophy meant the entire summation of all scientific knowledge; i.e., generally from the ancient Greeks into the eighteenth century.)

One versed in various learning

Hyphenation

po·ly·his·tor

Synonyms

polymath, renaissance man

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek πολυί̈στωρ (polyhistōr, “greatly learned”).