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

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle