• Polyhistor

    Origin

    From Ancient Greek πολυί̈στωρ (polyhistōr, "greatly learned").

    Full definition of polyhistor

    Noun

    polyhistor

    (plural polyhistors)
    1. someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines.
    2. 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.)

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