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encyclopædic, encyclopedic, a.|ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling an encyclopædia (see encyclopædia 1); that aims at embracing all branches of learning; universal in knowledge, very full of information, comprehensive.
1824Blackw. Mag. XVI. 26 Attempts at bringing knowledge into encyclopedic forms. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. viii. 335 So comprehensive a notion of zoology displays a mind accustomed to encyclopedic systems. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. liv. 470 Another feature of Lucan's Pharsalia is its affectation of encyclopædic knowledge. 1872W. Minto Eng. Lit. i. ii. 92 That encyclopædic statistician [Macaulay's father]. 1876Green Short Hist. i. §4 (1882) 37 The encyclopædic character of his researches left him in heart a simple Englishman. |