polyhistorn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈhɪstə/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈhɪstər/

Forms: 1500s polihistor, 1600s– polyhistor.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin polyhistōr; Greek πολυΐστωρ.

Etymology: < (i) classical Latin polyhistōr very learned (Pliny) and its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek πολυΐστωρ < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + ἵστωρ learned (see history n.).The classical Latin word was used exclusively, and the Greek word frequently, of Alexander Polyhistor (see polyhistorian n.).

A person of great or varied learning; a great scholar.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims

polyhistor1588

omniscian1593

walking dictionary1609

polymathist1621

polymath1624

callent1637

polyhistorian1669

at-all1672

omniscient1710

universalist1713

dictionary1734

know-all1800

Crichton1807

pantologist1840

pansophist1864

encyclopaedist1871

know-it-all1873

omniscientist1932

pointy-head1969

1573–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. 166 He hath bene countid heer..a πολυΐστωρ, and in deed is so commonly termid amongst us.]

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 63 In poets, philosophers, polihistors, antiquaries, philologers, schoolemen, and other learned discoursers.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 453 So great a polyhistor as Ioseph Scaliger.

1788 H. Fuseli tr. J. C. Lavater Aphorisms on Man 177 Who knows this, knows more than a thousand polyhistors.

1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. Jan. 87/2 He designed to make himself..a Polyhistor, or Catholic student.

1885 D. Masson Carlyle ii. 63 Himself a polyhistor or accomplished universal scholar.

1938 S. Beckett Murphy x. 196 A Hindu polyhistor of dubious caste.

1990 C. R. Johnson Middle Passage (1991) iii. 53 Falcon, a polyhistor who spent twenty hours a week pouring over old tomes when the weather was fair.

Derivatives

polyhiˈstoric adj. of or relating to a polyhistor; widely erudite.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] > of persons

universal1485

all-knowing1507

omniscious1588

pancratic1645

know-all1708

omniscienta1711

polymathic1754

omni-erudite1835

polyhistoric1878

polymath1881

know-it-all1883

know-all-about-it1887

pointy-head1960

pointy-headed1968

1878 C. T. Newton in 19th Cent. Aug. 315 These votive inscriptions..became an object of interest to the polyhistoric students of the ancient world.

1926 Science 29 Oct. 415/2 A book by the polyhistoric Jesuit Athanasius Kircher.

1999 Renaissance Q. 52 358 This was precisely the enterprise..which would be taken up by the encyclopedic and polyhistoric scholars of the following century.

polyˈhistory n. [originally after German Polyhistorei , with derogatory connotations (1794 in the passage translated in quot. 1799 as Polyhistorey; compare Polyhistorie, with a more neutral sense (1744))] the character or quality of a polyhistor; wide or varied learning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of

universality1605

polymathy1642

all-knowingness1674

pansophia1674

pansophy1792

polyhistory1799

multiscience1816

encyclopaedism1833

universalism1838

omnisciencea1845

know-everythingism1855

pansophism1868

1799 P. Will tr. A. Knigge Pract. Philos. Social Life II. xii. 173 The fatal polyhistory [Ger. Polyhistorey], the rage of being thought to know something of every thing.

1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 509 Sophistry..thus necessarily led to a vain and superficial polyhistory, such as was most fully represented in the person of Hippias of Elis.

1996 Afr. Amer. Rev. 30 672/2 Calhoun's acquisition and dispensation of polyhistory derives from his rebirth experience with the Allmuseri.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polyhistor
释义	polyhistorn. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈhɪstə/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈhɪstər/ Forms: 1500s polihistor, 1600s– polyhistor. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin polyhistōr; Greek πολυΐστωρ. Etymology: < (i) classical Latin polyhistōr very learned (Pliny) and its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek πολυΐστωρ < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + ἵστωρ learned (see history n.).The classical Latin word was used exclusively, and the Greek word frequently, of Alexander Polyhistor (see polyhistorian n.). A person of great or varied learning; a great scholar. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims polyhistor1588 omniscian1593 walking dictionary1609 polymathist1621 polymath1624 callent1637 polyhistorian1669 at-all1672 omniscient1710 universalist1713 dictionary1734 know-all1800 Crichton1807 pantologist1840 pansophist1864 encyclopaedist1871 know-it-all1873 omniscientist1932 pointy-head1969 1573–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. 166 He hath bene countid heer..a πολυΐστωρ, and in deed is so commonly termid amongst us.] 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 63 In poets, philosophers, polihistors, antiquaries, philologers, schoolemen, and other learned discoursers. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 453 So great a polyhistor as Ioseph Scaliger. 1788 H. Fuseli tr. J. C. Lavater Aphorisms on Man 177 Who knows this, knows more than a thousand polyhistors. 1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. Jan. 87/2 He designed to make himself..a Polyhistor, or Catholic student. 1885 D. Masson Carlyle ii. 63 Himself a polyhistor or accomplished universal scholar. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy x. 196 A Hindu polyhistor of dubious caste. 1990 C. R. Johnson Middle Passage (1991) iii. 53 Falcon, a polyhistor who spent twenty hours a week pouring over old tomes when the weather was fair. Derivatives polyhiˈstoric adj. of or relating to a polyhistor; widely erudite. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] > of persons universal1485 all-knowing1507 omniscious1588 pancratic1645 know-all1708 omniscienta1711 polymathic1754 omni-erudite1835 polyhistoric1878 polymath1881 know-it-all1883 know-all-about-it1887 pointy-head1960 pointy-headed1968 1878 C. T. Newton in 19th Cent. Aug. 315 These votive inscriptions..became an object of interest to the polyhistoric students of the ancient world. 1926 Science 29 Oct. 415/2 A book by the polyhistoric Jesuit Athanasius Kircher. 1999 Renaissance Q. 52 358 This was precisely the enterprise..which would be taken up by the encyclopedic and polyhistoric scholars of the following century. polyˈhistory n. [originally after German Polyhistorei , with derogatory connotations (1794 in the passage translated in quot. 1799 as Polyhistorey; compare Polyhistorie, with a more neutral sense (1744))] the character or quality of a polyhistor; wide or varied learning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of universality1605 polymathy1642 all-knowingness1674 pansophia1674 pansophy1792 polyhistory1799 multiscience1816 encyclopaedism1833 universalism1838 omnisciencea1845 know-everythingism1855 pansophism1868 1799 P. Will tr. A. Knigge Pract. Philos. Social Life II. xii. 173 The fatal polyhistory [Ger. Polyhistorey], the rage of being thought to know something of every thing. 1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 509 Sophistry..thus necessarily led to a vain and superficial polyhistory, such as was most fully represented in the person of Hippias of Elis. 1996 Afr. Amer. Rev. 30 672/2 Calhoun's acquisition and dispensation of polyhistory derives from his rebirth experience with the Allmuseri. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1588
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