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

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan