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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
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 Porter, Dorothy B.
It is a cyclopedia of inventions, in which one may be sure of finding described the best processes yet discovered for doing every thing that is to be done by means of mechanics.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
From a cyclopedia learn the character of the political organization of Mexico and the Central American states.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)
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