'Sciolist' definitions:
Definition of 'sciolist'
(from WordNet)
noun
An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: dabbler, dilettante, sciolist]
Definition of 'Sciolist'
From: GCIDE
- Sciolist \Sci"o*list\, n. [L. sciolus. See Sciolous.] One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- A master were lauded and sciolists shent. --R. Browning. [1913 Webster]