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encyclopaedicity

encyclopaedicity is the alternative spelling of encyclopedicity.

Meaning of encyclopedicity

Noun

encyclopedicity (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
    • The encyclopedicity of American dictionaries ranges from the inclusion of proper names (W3 being one of the exceptions) to encyclopedic-type definitions, through encyclopedic sections in some entries or special appendices.2000, Henri Béjoint, Modern Lexicography

Origin of encyclopaedicity

From encyclopaedic + -ity.

Questions about encyclopaedicity

What is encyclopaedicity the alternative spelling of?
Encyclopaedicity is the alternative spelling of encyclopedicity.

Words near encyclopaedicity in the dictionary

  1. encyclopaedians
  2. encyclopaedias
  3. encyclopaedic
  4. encyclopaedical
  5. encyclopaedically
  6. encyclopaedicity
  7. encyclopaedies
  8. encyclopaedism
  9. encyclopaedist
  10. encyclopaedists
  11. encyclopaedy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encyclopaedicity (page history and authors); encyclopedicity (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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