sciolist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sciolist	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sciolist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sciolist n an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge Synonym(s): dabbler, dilettante, sciolist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sciolist \Sci"o*list\, n. [L. sciolus. See {Sciolous}.] One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer. 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. A master were lauded and sciolists shent. --R. Browning.