encyclopaediaencyclopedian.

/ɛnˌsʌɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə/

Forms: Also 1600s in adapted forms encyclopædie- -y, -pedie, -pedy, -ped(e.

Etymology: < late Latin encyclopædia, < pseudo-Greek ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία , an erroneous form (said to be a false reading) occurring in manuscripts of Quintilian, Pliny, and Galen, for ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία ‘encyclical education’, the circle of arts and sciences considered by the Greeks as essential to a liberal education (compare encyclical adj. 1). The spelling with æ has been preserved from becoming obsolete by the fact that many of the works so called have Latin titles, as Encyclopædia Britannica, Londinensis, etc.

1. The circle of learning; a general course of instruction.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [noun] > general

encyclopaedia1531

encyclopaedian1621

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun]

encyclopaedia1531

cyclopaedia1636

pansophy1642

pantology1813

tree of knowledge1848

library-

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiii. sig. Fviii^v The circle of doctrine..is in one worde of greeke Encyclopedia.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica a 3 a, To Rdr. In this Encyclopædie and round of knowledge.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 187 Borrowed from the Bank of the Encyclopædia, or generall Learning.

1662 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Advt. A Dictionary for the English Tongue, would require an Encyclopedy of knowledge.

1681 T. Manningham Two Disc. 54 They make..the whole Encyclopede of Arts and Sciences but a brisker Circulation of the blood.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 459 The Student..who shall think fit to take so useful a Theory in his Encyclopaedy.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xx In you are lodg'd a Cornucopia, an Encyclopedia, an unmeasurable Profundity of Knowledge.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 277 An education which aimed at a little encyclopædia of elementary knowledge.

a. A literary work containing extensive information on all branches of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order.The word in this sense appears first as the title of certain works published in the 17th cent. esp. that of Alstedius (see quot. 1813).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > encyclopaedia

thesaurary1592

magazine1639

encyclopaedia1644

enciclopaidion1693

cyclopaedia1728

cyclopede1778

pantology1813

thesaurus1840

collegiate dictionary1872

collegiate1898

desk dictionary1948

learner's dictionary1948

megabook1990

1644 T. Diconson in Bulwer Chirologia a 2 Thy Enchiridion..became th' Encycloped.

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 141 A kind of Encyclopædia of all..memorable things.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 342 Mr. Record had scarce any Precedents or Patterns in his Encyclopædy of Learning to copy after.

1768 (title) Encyclopædia Britannica.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) The first work we have seen under the title of Encyclopædia, is J. H. Alstedii Encyclopædia, which was published in 1632, in 2 vols. folio.

1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. ii. 4 The Bible is..by no means indeed an Encyclopædia.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 34 An ancient Chinese encyclopædia.

humorously.1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxiv. 247 Mr. Pickwick..looked encyclopædias at Mr. Peter Magnus.1885 Illustr. London News 19 Dec. 648 Maida [a girl] was an encyclopædia of knowledge.

b. Sometimes applied spec. to the French work ‘Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts, et des Métiers’ (1751–1765), by Diderot, D'Alembert, and other eminent scholars and men of science.

ΚΠ

1773 (title) Select essays from the Encyclopedy.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 165 The vast undertaking of the Encyclopædia .

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 151 Diderot was busy [in 1750] with the first volume of the Encyclopædia.

3. An elaborate and exhaustive repertory of information on all the branches of some particular art or department of knowledge; esp. one arranged in alphabetical order.

ΚΠ

1801 (title) The Encyclopædia of Wit.

1807 (title) The vocal encyclopædia: comprising a variety of popular songs, etc.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help 61 Introduced in the historical part of his [Loudon's] laborious Encyclopædia of Gardening..The result of which appeared in his Encyclopædias.

1881 (title) Hamersly's Naval Encyclopædia.

Derivatives

enˌcycloˈpaediac adj. [see -ac suffix] = encyclopaedic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective]

universal1549

encyclopaedical1651

pansophical1651

comprehensive1700

pantological1808

encyclopaedial1818

encyclopaedic1824

encyclopaediacal1836

encyclopaedian1837

cyclopaedica1843

pancyclopaedica1859

pantologic1861

cyclopaediac1877

pansophic1882

encyclopaediac1886

1886 Athenæum 27 Feb. 298/3 His encyclopædiac knowledge renders it probable he will make an excellent librarian.

enˌcyclopaeˈdiacal adj. [see -acal suffix] = encyclopaediac adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective]

universal1549

encyclopaedical1651

pansophical1651

comprehensive1700

pantological1808

encyclopaedial1818

encyclopaedic1824

encyclopaediacal1836

encyclopaedian1837

cyclopaedica1843

pancyclopaedica1859

pantologic1861

cyclopaediac1877

pansophic1882

encyclopaediac1886

1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 589 It is the object of many..to render instruction encyclopædiacal.

1848 Fraser's Mag. 37 216 The tendency of the Alexandrian school was encyclopædiacal throughout.

enˌcycloˈpaedial adj. [see -al suffix¹] of or pertaining to an encyclopædia (see 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective]

universal1549

encyclopaedical1651

pansophical1651

comprehensive1700

pantological1808

encyclopaedial1818

encyclopaedic1824

encyclopaediacal1836

encyclopaedian1837

cyclopaedica1843

pancyclopaedica1859

pantologic1861

cyclopaediac1877

pansophic1882

encyclopaediac1886

1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 658 Our Encyclopaedial lion is fangless and toothless.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	encyclopaedia
释义	encyclopaediaencyclopedian. /ɛnˌsʌɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə/ Forms: Also 1600s in adapted forms encyclopædie- -y, -pedie, -pedy, -ped(e. Etymology: < late Latin encyclopædia, < pseudo-Greek ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία , an erroneous form (said to be a false reading) occurring in manuscripts of Quintilian, Pliny, and Galen, for ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία ‘encyclical education’, the circle of arts and sciences considered by the Greeks as essential to a liberal education (compare encyclical adj. 1). The spelling with æ has been preserved from becoming obsolete by the fact that many of the works so called have Latin titles, as Encyclopædia Britannica, Londinensis, etc. 1. The circle of learning; a general course of instruction. ΘΚΠ society > education > [noun] > general encyclopaedia1531 encyclopaedian1621 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] encyclopaedia1531 cyclopaedia1636 pansophy1642 pantology1813 tree of knowledge1848 library- 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiii. sig. Fviii^v The circle of doctrine..is in one worde of greeke Encyclopedia. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica a 3 a, To Rdr. In this Encyclopædie and round of knowledge. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 187 Borrowed from the Bank of the Encyclopædia, or generall Learning. 1662 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Advt. A Dictionary for the English Tongue, would require an Encyclopedy of knowledge. 1681 T. Manningham Two Disc. 54 They make..the whole Encyclopede of Arts and Sciences but a brisker Circulation of the blood. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 459 The Student..who shall think fit to take so useful a Theory in his Encyclopaedy. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xx In you are lodg'd a Cornucopia, an Encyclopedia, an unmeasurable Profundity of Knowledge. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 277 An education which aimed at a little encyclopædia of elementary knowledge. 2. a. A literary work containing extensive information on all branches of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order.The word in this sense appears first as the title of certain works published in the 17th cent. esp. that of Alstedius (see quot. 1813). ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > encyclopaedia thesaurary1592 magazine1639 encyclopaedia1644 enciclopaidion1693 cyclopaedia1728 cyclopede1778 pantology1813 thesaurus1840 collegiate dictionary1872 collegiate1898 desk dictionary1948 learner's dictionary1948 megabook1990 1644 T. Diconson in Bulwer Chirologia a 2 Thy Enchiridion..became th' Encycloped. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 141 A kind of Encyclopædia of all..memorable things. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 342 Mr. Record had scarce any Precedents or Patterns in his Encyclopædy of Learning to copy after. 1768 (title) Encyclopædia Britannica. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) The first work we have seen under the title of Encyclopædia, is J. H. Alstedii Encyclopædia, which was published in 1632, in 2 vols. folio. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. ii. 4 The Bible is..by no means indeed an Encyclopædia. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 34 An ancient Chinese encyclopædia. humorously.1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxiv. 247 Mr. Pickwick..looked encyclopædias at Mr. Peter Magnus.1885 Illustr. London News 19 Dec. 648 Maida [a girl] was an encyclopædia of knowledge. b. Sometimes applied spec. to the French work ‘Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts, et des Métiers’ (1751–1765), by Diderot, D'Alembert, and other eminent scholars and men of science. ΚΠ 1773 (title) Select essays from the Encyclopedy. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 165 The vast undertaking of the Encyclopædia . View more context for this quotation 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 151 Diderot was busy [in 1750] with the first volume of the Encyclopædia. 3. An elaborate and exhaustive repertory of information on all the branches of some particular art or department of knowledge; esp. one arranged in alphabetical order. ΚΠ 1801 (title) The Encyclopædia of Wit. 1807 (title) The vocal encyclopædia: comprising a variety of popular songs, etc. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help 61 Introduced in the historical part of his [Loudon's] laborious Encyclopædia of Gardening..The result of which appeared in his Encyclopædias. 1881 (title) Hamersly's Naval Encyclopædia. Derivatives enˌcycloˈpaediac adj. [see -ac suffix] = encyclopaedic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] universal1549 encyclopaedical1651 pansophical1651 comprehensive1700 pantological1808 encyclopaedial1818 encyclopaedic1824 encyclopaediacal1836 encyclopaedian1837 cyclopaedica1843 pancyclopaedica1859 pantologic1861 cyclopaediac1877 pansophic1882 encyclopaediac1886 1886 Athenæum 27 Feb. 298/3 His encyclopædiac knowledge renders it probable he will make an excellent librarian. enˌcyclopaeˈdiacal adj. [see -acal suffix] = encyclopaediac adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] universal1549 encyclopaedical1651 pansophical1651 comprehensive1700 pantological1808 encyclopaedial1818 encyclopaedic1824 encyclopaediacal1836 encyclopaedian1837 cyclopaedica1843 pancyclopaedica1859 pantologic1861 cyclopaediac1877 pansophic1882 encyclopaediac1886 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 589 It is the object of many..to render instruction encyclopædiacal. 1848 Fraser's Mag. 37 216 The tendency of the Alexandrian school was encyclopædiacal throughout. enˌcycloˈpaedial adj. [see -al suffix¹] of or pertaining to an encyclopædia (see 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] universal1549 encyclopaedical1651 pansophical1651 comprehensive1700 pantological1808 encyclopaedial1818 encyclopaedic1824 encyclopaediacal1836 encyclopaedian1837 cyclopaedica1843 pancyclopaedica1859 pantologic1861 cyclopaediac1877 pansophic1882 encyclopaediac1886 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 658 Our Encyclopaedial lion is fangless and toothless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1531
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