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cyclopaedia

  • /saɪk.ləʊˈpiːd.i.ə/ UK

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From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + παιδεία (paideía, “child-rearing, education”). See cycle, and compare encyclopedia.

noun cyclopaedias · cyclopaediae · cyclopædia · cyclopedia

  1. archaic The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
  2. archaic An encyclopedia.

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@misc{cyclopaedia_2026,
  title = {cyclopaedia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cyclopaedia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}