polymathy

English

Etymology

Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”); surface analysis polymath +‎ -y (“having the quality of”). See polymath for details.

Noun

polymathy (uncountable)

1. The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning.

Related terms

• polymath
• polymathic
• polymathist

Translations

knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning

• Catalan: polimatia f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: polymathie (fr) f

References

• “polymathy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “polymathy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)