sciolous

English

Etymology

From Latin scilus, diminutive of scius (“knowing”), from scire (“to know”). See science.

Adjective

sciolous (comparative more sciolous, superlative most sciolous)

  1. (archaic) Knowing superficially or imperfectly.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Howell to this entry?)
    • 1856, Charles Jared Ingersoll
      Notwithstanding much sciolous speculation concerning slavery, […] yet by overruling Providence men have been slaves of masters in all ages and in every country.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sciolous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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