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pansophical

pansophical adjective: all-wise; claiming universal knowledge.

Adjective

pansophical (comparative more pansophical, superlative most pansophical)

  1. All-wise; claiming universal knowledge.
    • His indefatigable adversary, who is the perfect model of an agile controversialist, had attacked him as a magniloquent Thraso, on account of his Pansophical promises.1847-1886, James Crossley (editor), notes in The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington

Forms of pansophical

comparativemore pansophical
superlativemost pansophical

Origin of pansophical

See pansophy.

Questions about pansophical

What does pansophical mean?
Pansophical means all-wise; claiming universal knowledge.
What part of speech is pansophical?
Pansophical is an adjective.

Words near pansophical in the dictionary

  1. pansmiths
  2. pansocialist
  3. Pansol
  4. pansolar
  5. pansophic
  6. pansophical
  7. pansophically
  8. pansophism
  9. pansophist
  10. pansophists
  11. pansophy

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