Recent Examples on the WebThe two-part, four-hour doc — directed by Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns and his son-in-law David McMahon — explores the life and work of the 15th-century polymath.—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 23 June 2024 In the arcane tradition of Thomas De Quincey’s 1821 work Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, this slim nonfiction book by a Belgian polymath diaries one man’s narcotic self-experiments.—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024 He 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 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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