Definitions for polymaths

polymaths pol·y·math

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

Polymaths is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 565 anagrams from letters in polymaths (ahlmopsty).

Definitions for polymaths

noun

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

Origin of polymaths

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

Examples for polymaths

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

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

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

Word Value for polymaths
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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