sciolism
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- sciolist noun
- sciolistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of sciolism
First recorded in 1750–60; from Late Latin sciol(us) “one who knows little,” (diminutive of scius “knowing”; conscious, -ole 1 ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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He constantly ridiculed the austerities, pedantry, priggishness and sciolism of the old-time Churchmen, and when a new question came up, he asked, "What good is there in it?"
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
Such an age of sciolism and scholasticism may possibly once more get the better of the literary world.
From Phaedrus by Jowett, Benjamin
And such readers will become in all probability more numerous, in proportion as a still greater diffusion of literature shall produce an increase of sciolists, and sciolism bring with it petulance and presumption.
From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
This is a point on which the ancients, I am aware, in their light-hearted sciolism laid great stress.
From A Modern Symposium by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
Few things are as distressing as the sciolism of a second-rate English editor of a classic.
From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John
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