SCI'OLIST, noun [Latin sciolus, a diminutive formed on scio, to know.] One who knows little, or who knows many things superficially; a smatterer. These passages in that book, were enough to humble the presumption of our modern sciolists, if their pride were not as great as their ignorance.
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