encyclopedist

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US/ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpiː.dɪst/

noun

A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.

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OriginEnglish encyclopedia ← New Latin encyclopaedīa ← Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā) →
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Meanings

nounencyclopedist (plural encyclopedists)

plural encyclopedists · alternative encyclopaedist · alternative encyclopediast · alternative encyclopædist

  1. A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.
  2. An author of, or contributor to, an encyclopedia.

    The root of the mallow in goat's milk excites the sexual urge, according to Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist of the first century A.D.

    1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 144

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who compiles information for encyclopedias

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Broader
compiler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
  3. Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  8. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  9. Ancient Greekἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂w-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*pā́wits
  12. Ancient Greekπαῖς (paîs)
  13. Ancient Greekπαιδεύω (paideúō)
  14. Ancient Greekπαιδείᾱ (paideíā)
  15. Ancient Greekἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)
  16. New Latinencyclopaedīa
  17. Englishencyclopedia
  18. Englishencyclopedist

From encyclopedia + -ist.

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Translations

Arabic مَوْسُوعِيّ
  • مَوْسُوعِيّ (mawsūʕiyy)person helping to write an encyclopedia
Catalan enciclopedista, enciclopedista
  • enciclopedistamember of a group of French authors
  • enciclopedistaperson helping to write an encyclopedia
Chinese Mandarin 百科全書派 /百科全书派
  • 百科全書派 /百科全书派 (bǎikēquánshūpài)member of a group of French authors
Czech encyklopedista, encyklopedista
  • encyklopedistamember of a group of French authors
  • encyklopedistaperson helping to write an encyclopedia
Dutch encyclopedist, encyclopediste
  • encyclopedistperson helping to write an encyclopedia
  • encyclopedisteperson helping to write an encyclopedia
Esperanto enciklopediisto, enciklopediisto
  • enciklopediistomember of a group of French authors
  • enciklopediistoperson helping to write an encyclopedia
French encyclopédiste, encyclopédiste
  • encyclopédistemember of a group of French authors
  • encyclopédisteperson helping to write an encyclopedia
German Enzyklopädist, Enzyklopädistin
  • Enzyklopädistmember of a group of French authors
  • Enzyklopädistinmember of a group of French authors
  • Enzyklopädistperson helping to write an encyclopedia
  • Enzyklopädistinperson helping to write an encyclopedia
Japanese 百科事典編纂者
  • 百科事典編纂者 (hyakkajiten hensan-sha)person helping to write an encyclopedia
Romanian enciclopedist, enciclopedist
  • enciclopedistmember of a group of French authors
  • enciclopedistperson helping to write an encyclopedia
Spanish enciclopedista, enciclopedista
  • enciclopedistamember of a group of French authors
  • enciclopedistaperson helping to write an encyclopedia
Swedish encyklopedist, encyklopedist
  • encyklopedistmember of a group of French authors
  • encyklopedistperson helping to write an encyclopedia
Cite this entry
APA

encyclopedist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyclopedist

MLA

“encyclopedist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyclopedist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encyclopedist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyclopedist.

Source: encyclopedist on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.