pansophical

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adjective

All-wise; claiming universal knowledge.

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Meanings

adjectivepansophical (comparative more pansophical, superlative most pansophical)

comparative more pansophical · superlative most pansophical

  1. All-wise; claiming universal knowledge.

    1847-1886, James Crossley (editor), notes in The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington His indefatigable adversary, who is the perfect model of an agile controversialist, had attacked him as a magniloquent Thraso, on account of his Pansophical promises.

Origin

See pansophy.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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