encyclopaedianadj.n.
/ɛnˌsʌɪkləʊˈpiːdɪən/ A. adj.
(a) Embracing the whole circle of learning; comprising a wide range of subjects. (b) Of the nature of or resembling an encyclopaedia.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective]
universal1549
encyclopaedical1651
pansophical1651
comprehensive1700
pantological1808
encyclopaedial1818
encyclopaedic1824
encyclopaediacal1836
encyclopaedian1837
cyclopaedica1843
pancyclopaedica1859
pantologic1861
cyclopaediac1877
pansophic1882
encyclopaediac1886
1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 439 A work of this order..is in its nature encyclopædian.
B. n.† 1. = encyclopaedist n. 1b. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > compiling (a work) > one who > of specific kind of work
encyclopaedist1651
encyclopaediast1818
encyclopaedian1834
manualist1897
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 249 Voltaireists and encyclopedians have poisoned all sound doctrine.
1902 H. White in Outing (U.S.) June (advts.) What I needed first was the encyclopædian's ideal of what an encyclopædia ought to be.
2. Apparently: = encyclopaedia n. 1 [? Meant for a Greek accusative.]
ΘΚΠ
society > education > [noun] > general
encyclopaedia1531
encyclopaedian1621
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 174 Let them haue all that Encyclopædian, all the learning in the world.
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