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- adjective Alternative form of
cyclopedic .
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Examples
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Yet I cannot but believe for I have never yet caught him in a lie, while he has a cyclopaedic knowledge of sealing and the men of the sealing fleets.
Chapter 11 2010
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We have said that Tom was not a remarkable scholar; yet he was a scholar, he was cyclopaedic.
The Mystery of Monastery Farm H. R. Naylor
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I cannot but believe Louis, for have never yet caught him in a lie, while he has a cyclopaedic knowledge of sealing and the men of the sealing fleets.
Chapter 11 1904
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Yet I cannot but believe for I have never yet caught him in a lie, while he has a cyclopaedic knowledge of sealing and the men of the sealing fleets.
The Sea Wolf Jack London 1896
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Perhaps Thomas's success was partly due to his memory which is said to have been phenomenal; for, in an age when cyclopaedias were unknown, a cyclopaedic memory must have counted for half the battle in these scholastic disputes where authority could be met only by authority; but in this case, memory was supported by mind.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878
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