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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'sciolist' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions sciolist noun  One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding. 2003: Walter is ... a dupe to the half-baked speculations of every from Descartes down to "Coglionissimo Borri", and a pack of other dunces " Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 290) Etymology: From late Latin sciolus, diminutive of Latin scius "knowling", from scire "know". It first appears in English at the beginning of the 17th century.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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