English
sciolistical
From sciolist + -ical or sciolistic + -al.
Formed from sciolist + -ical
Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to split, to dissect’
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Latin nescius ‘ignorant’
Latin sciō ‘to know’
Latin scius ‘knowing’
Late Latin sciolus ‘sciolist, smatterer’
English sciolist
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; showing only superficial knowledge.
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