encyclopedian

adj

Etymology

From encyclopedia + -an.

  1. derived from ἐγκύκλιος
  2. derived from ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ — “education in the circle of arts and sciences
  3. borrowed from encyclopēdīa, encyclopaedīa — “general education
  4. suffixed as encyclopedian — “encyclopedia + an

Definitions

  1. Encyclopedic

    Encyclopedic; embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

  2. A person who has an encyclopedic knowledge.

    • This is how Alzheimer's transforms encyclopedians into vegetables, how Parkinson's immobilizes triatheletes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for encyclopedian. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA