Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 4, 2015-- polymath

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Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 4, 2015-- polymath

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

polymath [pol-ee-math]

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noun

1. a person of great learning in several fields of study

Origin: 1615-25; < Greek polymathḗs learned, having learned much, equivalent to poly- poly- + -mathēs, adj. derivative of manthánein to learn

Related forms

polymathic, adjective
polymathy (po-lim -a-thee) noun

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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Examples from the web for polymath:

He has been a polymath all his life, plunging into one discipline after another.

He was deeply engaged with real-world technology, exotic and well traveled, and a polymath respected in so many circles.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Despite praise from his sycophants that Obama is quite the polymath, he has proven to be just the opposite, being illiterate in all areas of leadership, foreign and domestic policy, healthcare, taxes, education, honesty, transparency and any other aspects of being the President. His expertise appears to be limited to taking credit for the success of others (killing bin Laden, developing shale oil) and blaming his failures on others (usually George W. Bush and the rest of the republicans.)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Homework is due!

[Darksheare]

Too early, the only thing coming to mind is some horrible tentacle monster, his length of reach, and your own weapon reach, plus doing the math to find the difference between the two.
*groan, more coffee*

[MrB]

What's your favorite subject?

Proly math.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+

I agree--more coffee. I'm very fond of an Ethiopian bean called "Yrgacheffe."

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++

Nice font work on the tiny r.

[secret garden]

Thomas Jefferson is my favorite polymath. Obama is the best example of a reverse polymath.

[secret garden]

Posted before I read any of the thread, just saw the word.

[SAJ]

Odildo is the best example of an edithmath, and should strongly consider stifling himself permanently.

[Old Sarge]

And to think, I first heard this word on a Doctor Who episode!

[Darksheare]

http://blackriflecoffee.com/coffee/

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++

Jefferson is a great example, as is Obama in the negative.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+

Edithmath, MeATHead.

[secret garden]

Reverse polymath strikes again.

[secret garden]

Saw this on Twitter just now: Word Today: ASTATIC = in physics, lacking a tendency to take a definite position.
And it was all I could do NOT to post this: not to be confused with happiness in the hood.

[tioga]

More snow overnight. I’m ready for spring. Enough already.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

You should use it for a WFTD.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

We’re just supposed to get an inch or so. Spring would be nice, though, I agree.

[Louis Foxwell]

He was portrayed as a man of learning, a genius, capable of astounding feats of social, political, economic and moral ability. He is, instead, a lout, a pretender, a liar and fraud - stupid, a morally bankrupt narcissist, capable only of self aggrandizement and sowing bitterness among all but his most loyal sophists, those beneficiaries of his stolen largesse, who pump him up as a god, a polymath, the savior of the world. His name is Obama and he is, instead, an evil minion who comes to destroy, learned only in the arts of sin.

[tioga]