polymathyn.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪməθi/,

/pɒˈlɪməθi/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪməθi/

Forms: 1600s polymathie, 1600s– polymathy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin polymathia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin polymathia (1558 or earlier; 1639 as polymatheia in the passage translated in quot. 1642) < ancient Greek πολυμαθία great learning < πολυμαθής (see polymath n.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare French polymathie (1619). Compare earlier polymathist n., polymath n.

rare.

Great or varied learning; acquaintance with many branches of knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of

universality1605

polymathy1642

all-knowingness1674

pansophia1674

pansophy1792

polyhistory1799

multiscience1816

encyclopaedism1833

universalism1838

omnisciencea1845

know-everythingism1855

pansophism1868

1642 S. Hartlib tr. J. A. Comenius Reformation of Schooles 53 That high, and excellent learning, which men, for the large extent of it, call Polymathie [L. polymatheia].

1698 Earl of Orrery Dr. Bentley's Diss. Examin'd 101 I thought such things as these could not have surpriz'd a man of the Dr's Polymathy.

1752 J. Harris Upon Rise & Progress Crit. 16 The end of many an edition seems often to have been no more than to exhibit the great sagacity and polymathy of an editor.

1790 R. Robinson Hist. Baptism xxxiv. 471 They found..that the world had been imposed on by an unprofitable polymathy, and ought to be disabused.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. ii. 88 Aristotle..exhibits..much of that polymathy which he transmitted to the Peripatetics generally.

1895 E. F. M. Benecke tr. D. Comparetti Virgil in Middle Ages 224 The tendency..of the scholars of the time,..was entirely towards polymathy.

1967 Listener 8 June 751/1 I would be content with a lesser polymathy than he proposes.

1992 Independent 16 Jan. 23/4 Protean polymathy is the bane of the British: it goes with being too clever by half.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polymathy
释义	polymathyn. Brit. /pəˈlɪməθi/, /pɒˈlɪməθi/, U.S. /pəˈlɪməθi/ Forms: 1600s polymathie, 1600s– polymathy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin polymathia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin polymathia (1558 or earlier; 1639 as polymatheia in the passage translated in quot. 1642) < ancient Greek πολυμαθία great learning < πολυμαθής (see polymath n.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare French polymathie (1619). Compare earlier polymathist n., polymath n. rare. Great or varied learning; acquaintance with many branches of knowledge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of universality1605 polymathy1642 all-knowingness1674 pansophia1674 pansophy1792 polyhistory1799 multiscience1816 encyclopaedism1833 universalism1838 omnisciencea1845 know-everythingism1855 pansophism1868 1642 S. Hartlib tr. J. A. Comenius Reformation of Schooles 53 That high, and excellent learning, which men, for the large extent of it, call Polymathie [L. polymatheia]. 1698 Earl of Orrery Dr. Bentley's Diss. Examin'd 101 I thought such things as these could not have surpriz'd a man of the Dr's Polymathy. 1752 J. Harris Upon Rise & Progress Crit. 16 The end of many an edition seems often to have been no more than to exhibit the great sagacity and polymathy of an editor. 1790 R. Robinson Hist. Baptism xxxiv. 471 They found..that the world had been imposed on by an unprofitable polymathy, and ought to be disabused. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. ii. 88 Aristotle..exhibits..much of that polymathy which he transmitted to the Peripatetics generally. 1895 E. F. M. Benecke tr. D. Comparetti Virgil in Middle Ages 224 The tendency..of the scholars of the time,..was entirely towards polymathy. 1967 Listener 8 June 751/1 I would be content with a lesser polymathy than he proposes. 1992 Independent 16 Jan. 23/4 Protean polymathy is the bane of the British: it goes with being too clever by half. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642
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