sciolist
Plural: sciolists
Noun
- One who possesses or displays superficial knowledge.
- an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
- One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.
Examples
- He played with the confidence of a SCIOLIST, but his actual vocabulary was shallow.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin sciolus + -ist. First attested at the beginning of the 17th century.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
sciolist: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsciolist: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sciolist: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
sciolist: valid Words With Friends Word