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Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- cyclopaedist noun
- cyclopedic adjective
- cyclopedist noun
Etymology
Origin of cyclopedia
First recorded in 1630–40; by shortening
Example Sentences
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He is concerned, he says, to complete “a cyclopedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great metropolis”.
From The Guardian • May 8, 2017
"I can put anything to music, including the en cyclopedia," he once remarked, with an engaging lack of diffidence.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would have liked to read all the books in the library—but he started in on a cyclopedia.
From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne
Colonial patriot, "arch rebel of King George III," "idol of the court of Versailles," Franklin was a cyclopedia of political strategy and principles.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
This cyclopedia, M. Hervey, a French scholar, whose knowledge of the Eastern languages is accompanied by an equally profound love of farming, has undertaken to translate entire.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
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