savantish

English

Etymology

savant +‎ -ish

Adjective

savantish (comparative more savantish, superlative most savantish)

1. Characteristic of a savant
   • 2004 March 26, Monica Kendrick, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     […] drummer Rives Elliott comes in with eight-plus minutes of savantish backbeat for front man Arrington de Dionyso to rant and preach over.

   • 2007 March 18, Bob Shacochis, “Headline News”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     The savantish 11-year-old interjects naïve, untested idealism; the landlord provides the rapacious entrepreneurial spirit that vacuums capitalism clean of conscience.