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Feb. 16, 2015

polymathy \puh-LIM-uh-thee\ noun 1. learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge. Quotes It was the ultimate test of Franklin’s scholarship and polymathy, a phonetic alphabet designed to have a “more natural Order,” than the existing system. -- Jimmy Stamp, "Benjamin Franklin's Phonetic Alphabet," Smithsonian, May 10, 2013 Origin Polymathy descends from the Greek words poly meaning "much," and manthánein meaning "to learn." It entered English in the mid-1600s.

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