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- Of or relating to sciolism, or a sciolist.
1886, David Thomas, Septem in Uno: The First Seven Volumes of The Homilist in One: Being a Replication of All the Germs of Thought, Leading Homilies, etc., Contributed to those Volumes, London: Andrew Crombie; Sydney: Robertson & Co.; Toronto: Briggs, →OCLC, page 554:So evident must it be to the most sciolistic in thought, that a true Christian creed is essential to a true Christian life, that he must have a very humble estimation of his readers or auditors […]
1931, Harvey H. Smith, Lincoln and the Lincolns, New York, N.Y.: Pioneer Publications, →OCLC, page 402:And finally, appeal was made to the Red Cross of Gold, the Red Cross of the sciolistic Payne and the more sciolistic Hoover, boasted friend of childhood, but no answer came except the slam of the door in the little unfortunate's face […]