Sciolist n. One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; 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.""A master were lauded and sciolists shent."
... justice upon the faults of this poet is easy for any sciolist: to do justice to his merits is less easy for the most competent scholar and the most appreciative critic. In despite of his rare occasional spurts or outbreaks of self-assertion or of satire, he seems to stand ... — The Age of Shakespeare • Algernon Charles Swinburne
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