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cy⋅clo⋅pe⋅dic

[sahy-kluh-pee-dik]
–adjective
like a cyclopedia in character or contents; broad and varied; exhaustive.
Also, cy⋅clo⋅pae⋅dic.


Origin:
1835–45; aph. var. of encyclopedic


cy⋅clo⋅pe⋅di⋅cal⋅ly, cy⋅clo⋅pae⋅di⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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cy·clo·pe·di·a also cy·clo·pae·di·a   (sī'klə-pē'dē-ə)   
n.  An encyclopedia.

[Short for encyclopedia.]
cy'clo·pe'dic (-dĭk) adj., cy'clo·pe'dist (-dĭst) n.
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