Recent Examples on the WebThe British polymath Edmond Halley, best remembered as the namesake of Halley’s comet, had foretold it.—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024 The festival’s final night on Sunday, May 12 will feature performances by the iconic genre-bending polymath Beck and hip-hop’s greatest live band, The Roots.—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 18 Mar. 2024 Depending upon your point of reference, most people know Terry Allen as the west Texas musician behind the conceptual outlaw country albums Juarez and Lubbock, or as the polymath multimedia artist who attended the Chouinard Art Institute and palled around with the Cool School.—Michael Slenske, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024 The new film, which Burns co-directed with daughter Sarah Burns and son-in-law David McMahon, examines the Italian polymath’s unrelenting drive to understand the world and the enduring influence of his legacy.—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024 Feldman, a polymath and public intellectual at Harvard Law School, picks up more or less where Magid leaves off.—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024 The latest collection entitled Moncler X Roc Nation is a reflection of Jay-Z’s polymath approach to creativity.—Essence, 24 Jan. 2024 Lagerfeld was a polymath, and Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Houses serves not only as visual proof of his talents across multiple mediums, but also a fascinating glimpse into the interconnectedness of his great creative mind.—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024 And though open-concept floor plans have dominated home design for half a century, designers and their customers are recognizing the old polymath was on to something.—Lexi Mainland, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Greek polymathēs very learned, from poly- + manthanein to learn — more at mathematical
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