单词 | polyhistorian |
释义 | polyhistoriann. Now chiefly historical. = polyhistor n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims polyhistor1588 omniscian1593 walking dictionary1609 polymathist1621 polymath1624 callent1637 polyhistorian1669 at-all1672 omniscient1710 universalist1713 dictionary1734 know-all1800 Crichton1807 pantologist1840 pansophist1864 encyclopaedist1871 know-it-all1873 omniscientist1932 pointy-head1969 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. iii. 20 Alexander the Polyhistorian cites this. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 808 He regrets the loss also of many Polyhistorians, as, Theopompus, Phavorinus, and Alexander Polyhistor. 1863 W. L. Wagener tr. F. Kruger First Discov. Amer. ii. 113 The pyramidal temple, which we believe to be the tower mentioned by the polyhistorian. 1897 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 12 July 2/2 Dr. Brassai Samu is professor and polyhistorian in the Clausenburg university of Transylvania. 1918 Mod. Lang. Notes 33 176 The chapters..bear an uncanny resemblance to the efforts of the polyhistorians of the seventeenth century. 1993 J. C. Kiger Internat. Encycl. Learned Societies 248 The first to hold the honorable title of an academic in the Slovenian territory was the polyhistorian Count Janez Vajkard Valvasor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1669 |
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