savant
pronunciation
How to pronounce savant in British English:
UK [ˈsævənt]
How to pronounce savant in American English:
US [sæˈvɑnt]
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- Noun:
- someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Word Origin
- savant (n.)
- "one eminent for learning," 1719, from French savant "a learned man," noun use of adjective savant "learned, knowing," former present participle of savoir "to know," from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere "be wise" (see sapient).
Example
- 1. Baker was a professor of poultry science , and a chicken savant .
- 2. Mary meinel is a savant , considered a genius in some ways .
- 3. " Twitter is the canary in the news coalmine , " wrote jeff jarvis , a new-media savant , after the service beat mainstream media to news about the earthquake that struck china 's sichuan province in may 2008 .
- 4. Until recently , the feeling among many researchers was that the first two features were crucial to someone becoming a savant . The idea was that mental resources which would have been used for interaction and communication could be redeployed to develop expertise in some arbitrary task .