sciolist

English - Turkish

Definition of sciolist in English Turkish dictionary

{i} şarlatan

{i} yarım yamalak bilen kimse

Related Terms

pretender to scholarship, sciolist

burs, şarlatan için talip

English - English

Definition of sciolist in English English dictionary

One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding

A person who pretends to be an intellectual but is not

{n} a mere smatterer in any science

One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer

{i} one who has only superficial knowledge

Synonyms

factotum, handyman, jack of all trades

Etymology

() From Late Latin sciolus, diminutive of Latin scius (“knowing”), from sciō (“I know”). It first appears in English at the beginning of the 17th century.