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单词 polyhistorian
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polyhistoriann.

Brit. /ˌpɒlɪhᵻˈstɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑlihᵻˈstɔriən/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: polyhistor n.
Etymology: Alteration of polyhistor n., after historian n.In quots. 1669, 1693 used with reference to Alexander Polyhistor , a contemporary of Sulla (compare Sullan adj.; compare also polyhistor n.).
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).
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