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hyperpolyglot

noun
/ˌhaɪpəɹˈpɒliɡlɒt/

Etymology

From hyper- + polyglot.

  1. derived from polyglottus
  2. derived from *glōgʰs✻ — “tip of corn”
  3. derived from γλῶσσᾰ — “tongue; language”
  4. derived from γλῶττα
  5. derived from *pleh₁-✻ — “to fill”
  6. derived from πολῠ́γλωσσος — “speaking many languages, multilingual”
  7. borrowed from πολύγλωττος — “speaking many languages, multilingual”
  8. prefixed as hyperpolyglot — “hyper + polyglot”

Definitions

  1. One who masters or becomes fluent in many different languages (six or more).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA