Polyhistor

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person with broad knowledge.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines.
  • n. a universal scientist (generally in use to describe such a person when the term philosophy meant the entire summation of all scientific knowledge; i.e., generally from the ancient Greeks into the eighteenth century.)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One versed in various learning.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A person of great learning; one who is versed in various departments of study.
    • Word Usage
    "It is a magisterial work by a polyhistor who knows how to reveal an overwhelmingly large number of viewpoints of men's behaviour as mass beings."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    polymath    renaissance man   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games. The OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, THE OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT AND CLUB WORD LIST, and associated word lists are properties owned by Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada, and are used with permission.