Both Uses of
savant
in
Babbitt
- Babbitt had a good deal of honest pride in being the neighbor of such a savant, and in Ted's intimacy with Eunice Littlefield.†
Chpt 3 *
- Though Babbitt admired this savant, and appreciated Sidney Finkelstein as "a mighty smart buyer and a good liberal spender," it was to Vergil Gunch that he turned with enthusiasm.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(savant) someone recognized as spectacularly knowledgeable or skilled in a particular field