encyc.

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encyc. (plural encycs.)

  1. Abbreviation of encyclopedia; also encyc.
    • 1981, Kenneth F. Kister, Encyclopedia Buying Guide: A Consumer Guide to General Encyclopedias in Print, Bowker, →ISBN, page 70:
      “The teachers are attempting to make the kids use research skills by using other books for their answers. Encycs. sometimes are an easy copout for a lazy student”; []