polymathy

[ puh-lim-uh-thee ]

noun

1. learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of polymathy¹

1635–45; < Greek polymathía; polymath, -y ³

Example Sentences

Hayes also had a job in financial services at the time, building on the polymathy and breadth of vision she had developed during her first 11 years in the game.

From BBC

Outside the constraints of a typical academic syllabus, study unfurls on the teacher’s idiosyncratic terms, and preferences are easily confused with polymathy.

From Slate

The proud multihyphenate’s polymathy was evident and nourished from childhood.

From Los Angeles Times

In the 18th century, the conditions of polymathy shifted as intellectuals came to regard the universe less as an animate being and more as a machine.

From Washington Post

The non-chronological zigzagging of the book can be hard to follow, but allows Livio to focus on themes, such as Galileo’s polymathy.

From Nature