pansophical

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English

Etymology

See pansophy.

Adjective

pansophical (comparative more pansophical, superlative most pansophical)

  1. All-wise; claiming universal knowledge.
    • 1847-1886, James Crossley (editor), notes in The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington
      His indefatigable adversary, who is the perfect model of an agile controversialist, had attacked him as a magniloquent Thraso, on account of his Pansophical promises.