sciolist

noun

sci·​o·​list -lə̇st 

plural -s

: one whose knowledge or learning is superficial : a pretender to scholarship

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin sciolus + English -ist

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for sciolist

• nihilist