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encyclopedic

Syllabification: (en·cy·clo·pe·dic)

(also chiefly British encyclopaedic)
Definition of encyclopedic

adjective

  • comprehensive in terms of information:he has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of food
  • relating to or containing names of famous people and places and information about words that is not simply linguistic:a dictionary with encyclopedic material

Derivatives

encyclopedically

Pronunciation: /-(ə)lē/

adverb

encyclopedic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of encyclopedic in the British & World English dictionary