Dictionary

polyhistor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɒliˈhɪstɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Latin polyhistor (“very learned”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr, “greatly learned”).

Meanings

1. Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.
   • A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man. 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 24:
   • [Carlfriedrich] Claus is an artist, though he does not like to call himself one, and a scholar. As such, he personifies the polyhistor, a species rarely found today. 1997, Eckhart Gillen, quoting Henry Schumann, German Art from Beckmann to Richter, →ISBN, page 289:

Forms

Synonyms

Renaissance man (gifted in multiple disciplines) · polymath (gifted in multiple disciplines)

Translations (5)

sh polihistor (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines) · pl polihistor (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines) · ro polihistor (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines) · hu polihisztor (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines) · es polímata (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines)