polyhistor

Noun

Meaning

One versed in various learning.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

renaissance man polymath academician clerk savant authority brain academic scholar philosopher genius erudite pundit mastermind generalist

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Antonyms

jackass retard dumb idiot retarded dupe

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Examples

The Celts In the 1st century BCE Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor wrote: The Pythagorean doctrine prevails among the Gauls' teaching that the souls of men are immortal, and that after a fixed number of years they will enter into another body. Source: Internet

The Pythagorean tradition considered the mathematician to have studied with Zoroaster in Babylonia ( Porphyry Life of Pythagoras 12, Alexander Polyhistor apud Clement's Stromata I.15, Diodorus of Eritrea, Aristoxenus apud Hippolitus VI32.2). Source: Internet

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