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Sep 15, 2011 This week's theme Words made with combining forms This week's words iridescent heterodox kleptocracy polymath necropolis Make a gift that keeps on giving, all year long: A gift subscription of AWAD Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg polymath PRONUNCIATION: (POL-ee-math) MEANING: noun: A person who is learned in many fields. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek polymathes (learned), from poly- (many) and manthanein (to learn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mendh- (to learn) that is also the root of mathematics, chrestomathy, opsimath, and philomath. Earliest documented use: 1624. USAGE: "If ever there was a gifted polymath, it was Prof. Gift Siromoney. He may have been Professor of Mathematics at MCC (Madras Christian College), but his interests were from A to Z, from archaeology to zoology." S. Muthiah; A Gifted Polymath; The Hindu (Chennai, India); Apr 10, 2011. Explore "polymath" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, musician, and scientist (1452-1519)

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