Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sciolist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sciolist \Sci"o*list\, n. [L. sciolus. See {Sciolous}.]
One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to
science; a smatterer.
These passages in that book were enough to humble the
presumption of our modern sciolists, if their pride
were not as great as their ignorance. --Sir W.
Temple.
A master were lauded and sciolists shent. --R.
Browning.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sciolist
n : an amateur who engages in an activity without serious
intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: {dabbler},
{dilettante}]
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