sciolistical
/saɪəˈlɪstikəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; showing only superficial knowledge.
Example Sentences
- "Persisting still in the same career of imbecility and assertion, Mr. Stone proceeds to enunciate the following sciolistical riddle."
- "[T]hey, who might have been admired and venerated as high priests of their order, are revealed, by their own venality, to be no better than sciolistical professors, whose juggling arts, losing tricks, and gambling speculations, excite no less the derision, than the contempt of the multitude."
- "[T]he State, instead of gaining a large body of useful intelligent men – beings of capacity and amiability, impressed with a sense of their duties, who might be potent auxiliaries in the development of the resources of civilization – is corroded with a class of sciolistical asses, whose brains are as worthless as their hearts are false; […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /saɪəˈlɪstikəl/
Inflected Forms
more sciolistical (comparative)
most sciolistical (superlative)