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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
Blashfield's cyclopedia of automobile law and practice, 1946 cumulative pocket part; permanent edition.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Its vast circulation is not surprising when we consider that it is almost a cyclopedia of medical information for the people at the amazingly low price of $1.50.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
It is the cyclopedia on cards long advocated by Dr. Dewey, except that the cards are in its catalogue and do not contain the information directly but serve only as keys to it.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
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