Associations to the word «Encyclopedist»

Wiktionary

ENCYCLOPEDIST, noun. A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.
ENCYCLOPEDIST, noun. A person helping to write an encyclopedia.

Dictionary definition

ENCYCLOPEDIST, noun. A person who compiles information for encyclopedias.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.