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Humor: A French Definition of "Polygraph"
Jul 5th, 2001 at 3:09pm
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The French-language website Champ lexical de la littérature française provides the following definition for "polygraphe" (polygraph): 

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Polygraphe
Du grec polugraphos. 

(Souvent péjoratif.) Auteur qui écrit sur des sujets et dans des genres variés sans en être un spécialiste.


which, translated into English is:

Polygraph
From the Greek polugraphos

(Often pejorative.) An author who writes in various styles on various subjects without being a specialist in them.

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