These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'polymath.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2021 The geodesic dome is only the most famous work the polymath came up with. 25), and the K-pop boy band Monsta X plays Radio City Music Hall (Jan. 25), the noise-pop duo Best Coast hits Brooklyn Steel (Jan. 2021 There are quirkier shows elsewhere: the experimental polymath Genesis Owusu energizes Bowery Ballroom (Jan. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021 The most nominations, 11, went to musical polymath Jon Batiste. Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. This means stocks, bonds, private equity and venture capital can now be tokenized on. 2021 The Victorian-era polymath artist became famous for his illustrations of anthropomorphized felines in bow ties and bonnets, having tea parties and playing tennis. The Polymath investment platform has been created to account for non-cryptocurrency assets on the blockchain. To be a polymath, one must appreciate the joys of being good at nothing.or at least be driven crazy by the desire to try. 2021 Young was an English polymath who made contributions to a wide range of fields, including music, physiology, medicine, and linguistics.ĭavid Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2021 Budiansky brings a polymath’s interest to bear on a man whose life intersected with the political and philosophical upheavals of the 20th century. The second term ‘polymath-researcher’ may not exist in the first place, and may have been ‘invented’ by me (a typical ‘polymathic’ activity), a claim made. 2021 Lucretius, the Epicurean polymath, believed that odor was a function of geometry. It seems that there is this perennial confusion among otherwise adept readers about the two terms ‘polymath’ and ‘polymath-researcher’. Recent Examples on the Web For the fashion designer Virgil Abloh, the polymath of his cohort, who died on Sunday of a rare cardiac cancer, offensively too young, the center was architecture.ĭoreen St.