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POLYMATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polymath mean? 

POLYMATH (noun)
  The noun POLYMATH has 1 sense:

1. a person of great and varied learningplay

  Familiarity information: POLYMATH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLYMATH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person of great and varied learning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("polymath" is a kind of...):

initiate; learned person; pundit; savant (someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field)


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