encyclopedic

Adjective
Synonyms: encyclopaedic

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia)“encyclopedic knowledge”Synonyms: encyclopaedicOpposite incomprehensiveSimilar comprehensive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

En·cy′clo·ped′ic, En·cy′clo·ped′ic·al adjective

Origin: Cf. F. encyclopédique.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; broad in scope or content; embracing a wide range of subjects; as, a person having encyclopedic knowledge of a subject. [Also spelled encyclopaedic.] [ + ]

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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