Meanings
- not comparableDated spelling of encyclopaedian.
Even the writers of encyclopædian articles have, after devoting much space to the elements of civilization as it has been in the past is now viewed by man, balk at a definition and gracefully end their dissertation with the observation that it is an open question.
1910, author uncertain, Alaska Reports, page 488
plural encyclopædians
- Dated spelling of encyclopaedian.
is not my friend the encyclopædian, regarded as a transgressor, and a high traitor because he uses the undoubted right of free thought, does not blindly believe, but looks abroad with open eyes and a clear intellect?
1904, Luise Mühlbach, Frederick the Great and his Family, page 124
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encyclopædian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyclop%C3%A6dian
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