| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| polyhistor |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pol·y·his·tor |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p l  -h s t r |
| NOUN: | A person with broad knowledge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin Polyhist r, from Greek poluistr, very learned : polu-, poly- + histr, learned; see weid- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | poly·his·toric (-h-stôrk, -str-) —ADJECTIVE
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