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The world ahead demands a new versatility, and thus, the broad range of skills and interests a polymath can bring.—Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 The Grammy-winning polymath announced his Based on a True Story Summer Tour on Monday (March 17), which will hit major cities in the U.K. and Europe this summer.—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025 Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci observed tree growth and came up with his own mathematical rule for painting trees.—Katie Hunt, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025 Saxophonist-bandleader Tim Berne is one of my favorite musical polymaths.—Bret Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for polymath
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Etymology
Greek polymathēs very learned, from poly- + manthanein to learn — more at mathematical
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