Definitions for polymath

polymath pol·y·math

Spelling: [pol-ee-math]
IPA: /ˈpɒl iˌmæθ/

Polymath is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 272 anagrams from letters in polymath (ahlmopty).

Definitions for polymath

noun

  1. a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.

Origin of polymath

1615-25; Greek polymathḗs learned, having learned much, equivalent to poly- poly- + -mathēs, adj. derivative of manthánein to learn

Examples for polymath

Athanasius Kircher was a Jesuit priest and polymath, a man of unusual talents.

Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric seventeenth-century Jesuit polymath, collector of curiosities, and borderline crank.

The polymath Aristoxenus is credited with a book on the writers of tragedy.

Word Value for polymath
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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