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Jun 9, 2009

Sciolist

— John Bell @ 1:04 pm Perm Link Cosmos
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Sciolist, n. An archaic word for a person who pretends to be learned, knowledgable, or well-informed, from Latin sciolus which is a diminutive of scius meaning knowing. il Dottore, though he doesn’t know he doesn’t know it, is an expert sciolist.

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