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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

encyclopedic

SYLLABICATION:	en·cy·clo·pe·dic
PRONUNCIATION:	n-skl-pdk
ADJECTIVE:	1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an encyclopedia. 2. Embracing many subjects; comprehensive: “an ignorance almost as encyclopedic as his erudition” (William James).
OTHER FORMS:	en·cyclo·pedi·cal·ly —ADVERB


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