Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A comprehensive reference work containing articles on a wide range of subjects or on numerous aspects of a particular field, usually arranged alphabetically.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The circle of sciences; a general system of instruction in several or all departments of knowledge.
- n. Specifically A work in which the various topics included under several or all branches of knowledge are treated separately, and usually in alphabetical order.
- n. In a narrower sense, a cyclopedia. See cyclopedia
- n. Abbreviated enc., ency., encyc.
Wiktionary
- n. A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Etymologies
- From Latin encyclopaedia, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία (enkuklios paideia, "the circle of arts and sciences, curriculum"), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkuklios, "circular, rounded, round"), from κύκλος (kuklos, "circle") + παιδεία (paideia, "the rearing of a child, education"), from παιδίον (paidion, "child"). (Wiktionary)
- Medieval Latin encyclopaedia, general education course, from alteration of Greek enkuklios paideia, general education : enkuklios, circular, general; + paideia, education (from pais, paid-, child). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“NOTE: The title encyclopedia was verbally given to me by my close friends and my close relatives since my close friends ”
“NOTE: The title encyclopedia was verbally given to me by my close friends and my close relatives since my close friends & close relatives admire/recognise my knowledge.”
“The prime mover and longtime editor of the encyclopedia is a soft-spoken Anglican Charismatic named David B. Barrett.”
“The smallest lizard they show in the encyclopedia is about six inches long, and it says lizards are reptiles and have scales and claws and should not be confused with salamanders, which are amphibians and have thin moist skin and no claws.”
“But online encyclopedia is only one use of a wiki.”
“The influential online encyclopedia is written and edited by anyone with an Internet connection, and contributors are supposed to stick to a fair recitation of the facts.”
“Remember, every entry on Wiki and every encyclopedia is “biased information.””
“When the encyclopedia is complete in 2009, it will include:”
“Still, I would be unwilling to suggest that yet another broad coverage encyclopedia is necessary.”
“However, these librarians go further because they have some personal standards about what an encyclopedia is and what it “is not”.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘encyclopedia’.
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Language
word, sentence, novel, book, novella, vignette, memoir, anthology, paragraph, stanza, poem, haiku and 123 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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TECH - web application frameworks
object-oriented p..., ALGOL, validation, Erlang, markup language, Python, hibernate, framework, Apache, template, mapper, Java and 310 more...
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big book gre
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Library Reference Desk Words
computer, reference, desk, phone, im, chat, e-mail, catalog, citation, style, transfer, number and 133 more...
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
Being a list of words and phrases from Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology, by Lawrence Weschler.
wonder, spore, Madalena Delani, ant, rampant, obliscence, Korsakov's syndrome, memory, illusion, time, Cone of Obliscence, Plane of Experience and 95 more...
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lavendargrrl's Words
surfeit, radiant, sussuration, sustenance, authenticity, aching, solitude, solicitous, limerance, compersion, philanthropy, mystery and 108 more...
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The braggadocio recipe
A selection of English* words ending with a vowel (except "y", "ea", ie", "ee", "oo", "ea", "ou") that is REALLY pronounced.
My favorite English words, by the way.
The good twin of The ...braggadocio, recipe, encyclopedia, solo, gnu, flu, maybe, apocope, mini, arrhythmia, folio, stereo and 197 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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Hard to spell words
The words on this list are difficult to spell for easy spellers but they should be known by fifth grade, by age 10.
discussed, economy, effective, acquire, require, misled, disorder, disgust, disguise, disarrangement, arranged, voila and 19 more...
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laochenstudent's Words
beta, liberty, humanity, paradox, geek, encyclopedia, word, libertas, karma, deva, �?, �?� and 7 more...
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list for Kristina
spawned, persistence, awareness, fashionable, impact, demise, ethnic, statistics, encyclopedia, massive, dignity, ceremony and 21 more...
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Cassidy's Words
malleable, serendipity, plethora, triage, aorta, encyclopedia, curmudgeon, coincidence, pontificate
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