Associations to the word «Encyclopaedia»

Wiktionary

ENCYCLOPAEDIA, noun. (chiefly UK) (Australia) Alternative spelling of encyclopedia

Dictionary definition

ENCYCLOPAEDIA, noun. A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates