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sciolist

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsaɪəlɪst/Part of speech nounSorted ciilosstStarts with SEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

Word origin

From Late Latin sciolus + -ist. First attested at the beginning of the 17th century.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: dabbler, dilettante, jack of all trades, know-it-all, fachidiot
  • But M. [Édouard] Dujardin is a poet; "vers libres" in the hands of a sciolist are the most intolerably easy and annoying of poetical exercises.
  • Sir, I can only say I believe that he is a sciolist. Sciolist is an odd word. I am sure you know what it means, Mr. Speaker, but for those who do not, it means a person who believes he knows in fact more than he does.

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