Unscramble

p 3 o 1 l 1 y 4 m 3 a 1 t 1 h 4

8 letters · 18 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a person of great and varied learning

originLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”), first attested in 1624. From πολύς (polús, “much”) (for more, see poly-) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). Compare opsimath, philomath, polyhistor, polymathic, polymathist, and polymathy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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