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Origin of cyclopedia
First recorded in 1630–40; by shortening
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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
Biographical cyclopedia of representative men of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Robert M. Vogel
It seemed at first as if nothing less than a cyclopedia could contain what would have to be used.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper
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 Chester E. Jorgenson
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