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Antonyms for walking encyclopedia


Grammar : Noun



Definition of walking encyclopedia

  • As in know-it-all : noun one who claims full knowledge
  • As in learned person : noun educated person
  • As in man of letters : noun man of learning
Example sentences :
  • As a "professor" I always felt myself a sham, with its chief duties of being a walking encyclopedia of erudition.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. II » by William James
  • He knew precisely what she would say; Ann was a kind of walking encyclopedia of the conventions.
  • Extract from : « Impact » by Irving E. Cox
  • A walking encyclopedia cannot work for want of room to turn round in his own head.
  • Extract from : « Health, Happiness, and Longevity » by Louis Philippe McCarty
  • I found her most intelligent and so far as my career on and off the stage was concerned she was a walking encyclopedia.
  • Extract from : « Nat Goodwin's Book » by Nat C. Goodwin
  • Blind Tom's memory was a blank on most subjects, but he was a walking encyclopedia on music.
  • Extract from : « The Trained Memory » by Warren Hilton

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