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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats