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Definition of Sciolous
1. a. Knowing superficially or imperfectly.
Definition of Sciolous
1. Adjective. (archaic) Knowing superficially or imperfectly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sciolous
1. pertaining to sciolism [adj] - See also: sciolism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciolous
Literary usage of Sciolous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"... Enfield's Abridgment, would have sufficiently informed his mind to have saved
him the disgrace of this sciolous calumny upon the Scholastic Philosophy. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1832)
"... have brought in words for which we have scarcely any use—which are scarcely
ever wanted. How often do we use such as ponderal, sciolous, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine Library: Being a Classified Collection of the Chief by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne (1889)
"... in all things that are controverted before it of this nature, tend to settlement
one way or other (for only sciolous wits float onely in uncertainty, ..."
4. A Course of Legal Study: Addressed to Students and the Profession Generally by David Hoffman (1836)
"... doubting-, and sciolous students. The utility of these debating societies has
been questioned by some; but what point is so simple as not to be disputed ..."
5. The Metropolitan (1842)
"... friend's scientific delinquencies, that sciolous professor had been considering
how he could most profitably use the talents of his new brain's'carrier. ..."
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