sciolist

Apr. 5th, 2006 07:17 am
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sciolist - n., one with a superficial knowledge of a subject who claims profound learning.


Sciolism is that little learning that's a dangerous thing. From Late Latin sciolus, one who knows a little, diminutive of scius, knowing, from scire, to know -- and thus a cognate of a little science.

---L.
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