savant
noun/ˈsævənt/, /səˈvɑːnt/
/səˈvɑːnt/
(formal)- a person with great knowledge and ability
- a person who has an unusually high level of ability in a particular skill, for example in art or music, or in remembering things, but who has serious learning or social difficulties in other areas
Word Originearly 18th cent.: French, literally ‘knowing (person)’, present participle (used as a noun) of savoir.
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