Definition of "encyclopaedic" [encyclopaedic]

• Alternative spelling of encyclopedic. (adjective)

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• "The old political education gave place to an 'encyclopaedic' education."
• "The second is an "encyclopaedic" register that presents, in chronological order, sixty projects made from 1988 to 2008: each work is described in profiles, images complementary to those seen in the first part, with a bibliography and reference texts."
• "In the intellectual climate of Antwerp there emerged a fashion for 'encyclopaedic' paintings, such as Frans Francken's Cabinet of a Collector, which celebrates human artistic achievement alongside the curiosities of nature."