sciolistn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪəlɪst/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪələst/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sciolus , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sciolus (see sciolous adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare sciolus n.

depreciative.

A person whose knowledge is only superficial, esp. one who makes much of it; a pretender to learning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge

smatterer1519

grammatola1529

sciolus1607

morosophist1610

sciolist1612

groll1637

literatora1641

superficialista1691

morosoph1693

short-thinker1711

1612 A. Hopton Concordancy of Yeares sig. A8^v (note) All whose workes fairly written..were, by religious pretending Sciolists, damn'd as diuelish.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia To Rdr. sig. A4 Every..homebred Sciolist being at liberty..to coyn and innovate new Words.

1705 W. Lewis tr. Ld. Herbert Antient Relig. Gentiles x. 131 But the inquisitive Sciolist..will endeavour to find out second Causes for those things which proceed directly and solely from the most wise Counsel of God.

1778 V. Knox Ess. I. xvi. 107 Contemptible sciolists, who called themselves theatrical critics.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. iii. 58 In proportion as a still greater diffusion of literature shall produce an increase of sciolists.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 18 The last resource of an empiric, the last refuge of a sciolist.

1939 Sewanee Rev. 47 112 Non-Shakespearean sciolists put the burden of proof that William Shakespeare wrote the plays on the shoulders of acknowledged Shakespeareans.

1973 Financial Times 5 June 20/5 Any identification of the Smithian system with this point of view is a sure sign of the sciolist or the charlatan.

1991 I. Sinclair Downriver (1995) iv. 93 A sciolist, call him Sonny Jaques, with a gold stud earring, and a doctorate in Romance Languages.

Derivatives

scioˈlistic adj. that is a sciolist; characteristic of a sciolist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective]

sciolousa1400

superficial1559

smattering1581

superficial1603

shallowa1616

lip-learned1683

sciolistic1830

superficialized1907

1830 S. Wells Hist. Drainage Great Level of Fens I. viii. 147 Those navigation laws, which more degenerate legislators and sciolistic quacks have in modern times dared to abrogate.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 298 Sciolistic theorizing and dogmatism.

2004 W. F. Buckley Miles Gone By ii. 107 Another reason for giving up Firing Line is the progressive exasperation one feels over sciolistic preparation and exegesis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sciolist
释义	sciolistn. Brit. /ˈsʌɪəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈsaɪələst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sciolus , -ist suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sciolus (see sciolous adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare sciolus n. depreciative. A person whose knowledge is only superficial, esp. one who makes much of it; a pretender to learning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge smatterer1519 grammatola1529 sciolus1607 morosophist1610 sciolist1612 groll1637 literatora1641 superficialista1691 morosoph1693 short-thinker1711 1612 A. Hopton Concordancy of Yeares sig. A8^v (note) All whose workes fairly written..were, by religious pretending Sciolists, damn'd as diuelish. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia To Rdr. sig. A4 Every..homebred Sciolist being at liberty..to coyn and innovate new Words. 1705 W. Lewis tr. Ld. Herbert Antient Relig. Gentiles x. 131 But the inquisitive Sciolist..will endeavour to find out second Causes for those things which proceed directly and solely from the most wise Counsel of God. 1778 V. Knox Ess. I. xvi. 107 Contemptible sciolists, who called themselves theatrical critics. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. iii. 58 In proportion as a still greater diffusion of literature shall produce an increase of sciolists. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 18 The last resource of an empiric, the last refuge of a sciolist. 1939 Sewanee Rev. 47 112 Non-Shakespearean sciolists put the burden of proof that William Shakespeare wrote the plays on the shoulders of acknowledged Shakespeareans. 1973 Financial Times 5 June 20/5 Any identification of the Smithian system with this point of view is a sure sign of the sciolist or the charlatan. 1991 I. Sinclair Downriver (1995) iv. 93 A sciolist, call him Sonny Jaques, with a gold stud earring, and a doctorate in Romance Languages. Derivatives scioˈlistic adj. that is a sciolist; characteristic of a sciolist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] sciolousa1400 superficial1559 smattering1581 superficial1603 shallowa1616 lip-learned1683 sciolistic1830 superficialized1907 1830 S. Wells Hist. Drainage Great Level of Fens I. viii. 147 Those navigation laws, which more degenerate legislators and sciolistic quacks have in modern times dared to abrogate. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 298 Sciolistic theorizing and dogmatism. 2004 W. F. Buckley Miles Gone By ii. 107 Another reason for giving up Firing Line is the progressive exasperation one feels over sciolistic preparation and exegesis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612
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