| slovo | definícia |
sciolist
(encz) | sciolist, n: |
Sciolist
(gcide) | Sciolist \Sci"o*list\, n. [L. sciolus. See Sciolous.]
One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to
science; a smatterer.
[1913 Webster]
These passages in that book were enough to humble the
presumption of our modern sciolists, if their pride
were not as great as their ignorance. --Sir W.
Temple.
[1913 Webster]
A master were lauded and sciolists shent. --R.
Browning.
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sciolist
(wn) | sciolist
n 1: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious
intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn:
dabbler, dilettante, sciolist] |
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sciolistic
(mass) | sciolistic
- povrchný |
sciolistic
(encz) | sciolistic,povrchní Zdeněk Brož |
Sciolist
(gcide) | Sciolist \Sci"o*list\, n. [L. sciolus. See Sciolous.]
One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to
science; a smatterer.
[1913 Webster]
These passages in that book were enough to humble the
presumption of our modern sciolists, if their pride
were not as great as their ignorance. --Sir W.
Temple.
[1913 Webster]
A master were lauded and sciolists shent. --R.
Browning.
[1913 Webster] |
Sciolistic
(gcide) | Sciolistic \Sci`o*lis"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of
sciolism; resembling a sciolist.
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sciolistic
(wn) | sciolistic
adj 1: showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish;
"his dilettantish efforts at painting" [syn:
dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish,
sciolistic] |
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