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- noun
- /saɪˈkloʊpiˌdiə/
- Archaic
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ciclopedia
- The old library had a vast cyclopedia that covered everything from history to science.
Examples
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Cyclopedia of Literary Places. 3 vols. Eds. R. Baird Shuman and R. Kent Rasmussen. Salem, $290. 1-58765-094-0.
Academic text (2004) -
- A whole cyclopedia.
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W-W-Would you be interested in b-buyin' a-an en-ency-cyclopedia?
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Citing the Cyclopedia of the Law of Corporations, Justice Stevens claimed there was a "'cloud of disfavor under which corporations labored' in the early years of this nation." 134
Academic text (2016) -
Burnham, William H. "School Diseases." The Universal Cyclopedia X. Ed. Charles Kendall Adams. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1900, 631-34. Google Books. Web. 10 April 2011.
Academic text (2014) -
He referred to the cyclopedia to find information about ancient civilizations.
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The teacher assigned students to use the cyclopedia for their research projects.
Synonyms
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A book or set of books arranged in alphabetical order with short articles on many subjects to look up facts
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A book you use to check facts or information
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Cyclopedia comes from Greek parts cyclo- meaning 'circle', like the word cycle, and -pedia from paideia meaning 'education' or 'learning'. So, a cyclopedia is a 'circle of learning', which is why it is a book that brings together information about many subjects.