savant
noun /ˈsævənt/, /səˈvɑːnt/
/səˈvɑːnt/
(formal)- a person with great knowledge and ability
博学之士;学者;专家 - a person who is less intelligent than others but who has particular unusual abilities that other people do not have
see also idiot savant独通一行的人;独开一窍的人
词源early 18th cent.: French, literally ‘knowing (person)’, present participle (used as a noun) of savoir.