- Smatterer
- Smatterer Smat"ter*er, n. One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Smatterer
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smatterer — noun see smatter I … New Collegiate Dictionary
smatterer — See smatter. * * * … Universalium
smatterer — noun One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge … Wiktionary
smatterer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit: amateur, dabbler, dilettante, nonprofessional, uninitiate. See ABILITY … English dictionary for students
smatterer — smat·ter·er || smætÉ™rÉ™(r) n. one who has superficial knowledge on specific topic … English contemporary dictionary
smatterer — n. Ignoramus, novice, sciolist … New dictionary of synonyms
smatterer — smat·ter·er … English syllables
smatterer — ərə(r) noun ( s) : one that smatters or has a smattering knowledge … Useful english dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Superficialist — Su per*fi cial*ist, n. One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
