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pantology|pænˈtɒlədʒɪ|
Also erron. panta-.
[f. Gr. παντο- panto-, all + -λογια -logy.]
A survey or systematic view of all branches of knowledge; universal knowledge; also, a compendium of universal information.
1819Pantologia IX, Pantologia, Pantology, a work of universal instruction, or science: a cyclopædia or encyclopædia. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 56 You, North, are undoubtedly a living pantology. 1841B. Park (title) Pantology, a Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge. 1852Fraser's Mag. XLV. 175 The celebrated Hokus will lecture..on Pantology.
Hence panˈtologist, one who studies or is versed in universal knowledge. (Humorous or sarcastic.)
1840Fraser's Mag. XXII. 148 Multum legere non multa is the student's motto—rather disregarded by the pantologists of the day. 1878Ibid. XVII. 533 One more Pantologist—Professor of the Universal. |