savant
sa·vant
noun
1.
someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Origin
Borrowed from French savant, from Latin sapiō. Doublet of sapient. Sense 3 is a clipping of idiot savant, literally ‘wise idiot’.
Phrases
- autistic savant
- Homo sapiens
- idiot savant
- savant syndrome
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