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Savant
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(savants) 1. A savant is a person of great learning or natural ability. (FORMAL) The opinion of savants on the composition of the lunar surface. N-COUNT 2. You can refer to someone as an idiot savant if they seem to be less intelligent than normal people but are unusually good at doing one particular thing. ...an idiot savant, an autistic with a gift for numbers. N-COUNT
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1.
noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from present participle of savoir to know, from Latin sapere to be wise — more at sage Date: 1719 1. a person of learning; especially one with detailed knowledge in some specialized field (as of science or literature) 2. idiot ~ 1 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (fem. savante) a learned person, esp. a distinguished scientist etc. Etymology: F, part. of savoir know (as SAPIENT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. книж. (известный) ученый; видный, крупный специалист в какой-л. области знания 2. часто ирон. эрудит; ученый муж ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1719, from Fr. savant "a learned man," from savant "learned, knowing," former prp. of savoir "to know," from O.Fr., from V.L. *sapere, from L. sapere "be wise." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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