encyclopædical

adjective

Dated spelling of encyclopaedical.

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Meanings

adjectiveencyclopædical (comparative more encyclopædical, superlative most encyclopædical)

comparative more encyclopædical · superlative most encyclopædical

  1. Dated spelling of encyclopaedical.

    How to combine the ready availableness of a dictionary with an encyclopædical completeness is the problem to be considered by the undertaker of a work like this.

    1901, Montogomery Schuyler, The International Quarterly, volume IV, page 832

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Also see
encyclopedic

Origin

From encyclopædic + -al.

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APA

encyclopædical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyclop%C3%A6dical

MLA

“encyclopædical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyclop%C3%A6dical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encyclopædical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyclop%C3%A6dical.

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