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cyclopedia

cyclopedia is the alternative spelling of cyclopaedia.

Meaning of cyclopaedia

Noun

cyclopaedia (plural cyclopaedias or cyclopaediae)

  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.

Forms of cyclopedia

pluralcyclopedias

Words formed from cyclopedia

Questions about cyclopedia

What is cyclopedia the alternative spelling of?
Cyclopedia is the alternative spelling of cyclopaedia.

Words near cyclopedia in the dictionary

  1. cycloparaphenylene
  2. cycloparaphenylenes
  3. cyclopean
  4. Cyclopean architecture
  5. cyclopean stairs
  6. cyclopedia
  7. cyclopedias
  8. cyclopedic
  9. cyclopedical
  10. cyclopedically
  11. cyclopedist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cyclopedia (page history and authors); cyclopaedia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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