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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
His “I’ll risk it” was a whole cyclopedia of condensed gallantry.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh
There is a cyclopedia for which the price is over $100.
From Work for Women by George J. Manson
Twentieth century Negro literature; or, A cyclopedia of thought on the vital topics relating to the American Negro, by one hundred of America's greatest Negroes.
From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Dorothy B. Porter
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