I just got this word of the day in my email and I couldn't wait to share it with all of you because I just know you're going to want to use it 3 times today. I also thought it was a rather succinct description of yours truly. So the next time any of you talk to me I expect you to slip this word in somehow:
sciolist (SAI-uh-list) noun
One who engages in pretentious display of superficial knowledge.
[From Late Latin sciolus (smatterer), diminutive of Latin scius (knowing), from scire (to know). Another example of the similar kind of word formation is the name of the bird oriole which is derived from the diminutive form of Latin aureus (golden).]
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