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Definition of polyhistor in English English dictionary
- someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines
- 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.)
- One versed in various learning
polyhistor
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po·ly·his·torPronunciation
Etymology
() From Ancient Greek πολυί̈στωρ (polyhistōr, “greatly learned”).Resimler
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