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Definition of Polymathic
1. a. Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.
Definition of Polymathic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning. ¹
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Definition of Polymathic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polymathic
Literary usage of Polymathic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"Even if a sufficiently polymathic instructor could be found, no group of unspecial-
ized students could follow him, and no group even of specialized ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"The age of polished stone is no less admirably represented by those axes found
in the Dolmens of Brittany, which are the pride of the polymathic Society of ..."
3. Modern Essays by Christopher Morley (1921)
"It is sad to think that the day of the great polymathic student is at an end;
that we may, perhaps, never again see a Scaliger, a Haller, or a Humboldt—men ..."
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