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Polyhistor

Postby Grogie » Tue May 12, 2015 2:59 pm

A great scholar. A widely erudite person. "He had so much general knowledge that many people considered him a polyhistor.''

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Re: Polyhistor

Postby call_copse » Wed May 13, 2015 6:40 am

Basically like polymath but perhaps with less of a bent towards applying that knowledge? I'm trying to see why you would use that rather than the better known (at least from here) polymath.
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Re: Polyhistor

Postby Slava » Wed May 13, 2015 11:07 pm

I just looked at dictionary.com and it gives polyhistor as a synonym for polymath.
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