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单词 sciolus
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sciolusn.

Inflections: Plural scioli.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sciolus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin sciolus pretender to knowledge (4th cent.) < classical Latin scius knowing (see scious adj.) + -olus -olus suffix. Compare sciolous adj., sciolist n.The following quot. may show an earlier irregularly naturalized form of the plural of this word:1582 T. Rogers tr. J. Rivius Of Foolishnes of Men iv. 42 Vnlearned Sciolies [L. indocti] doo euerie where so creepe into the freendship & familiaritie of mightie men, and so perswade them that they alone are thought to be meetest.
depreciative. Obsolete.
A person, esp. an editor of a text, who possesses only superficial knowledge; a sciolist.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge
smatterer1519
grammatola1529
sciolus1607
morosophist1610
sciolist1612
groll1637
literatora1641
superficialista1691
morosoph1693
short-thinker1711
1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders To Rdr. sig. A4 As for other scapes..I know none: except some sciolus shal iudge it a fault to translate à pain & à pot, at bed and board: à pot & à cueillier, at racke and manger.
1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) v. 7 Certaine Scioli, or cunning men, which tooke vpon them..to mend the old Bookes vpon coniecture.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 34 Camden..advises to exclude these words,..as a glossema foisted in by some sciolus.
1707 J. Dunton Athenian Sport 515 The Scioli, the Gnosticks, and most profoundly learned men in all Ages..have been guilty of more Madness and Folly, than the more sober, illiterate, quiet Proletarii.
1836 J. B. White Let. 16 Oct. in Life (1845) III. 433 That poor mimic of the great Cicero attacks his master, in the true style of a Sciolus, concerning the etymology of that word.
1895 A. C. Clark in Cicero Pro T. Annio Milone p. xxxvi The sciolus, who, after the death of this great scholar, mangled his work under the pretence of editing it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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