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1encyclopaedic — Encyclopedic En*cy clo*ped ic, Encyclopedical En*cy clo*ped ic*al, a. [Cf. F. encyclop[ e]dique.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; broad in scope or content; embracing a wide range of subjects; as, a person having encyclopedic …
2South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
3Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
4Polymath — A polymath (Greek polymathēs , πολυμαθής, having learned much )The term was first recorded in written English in the early seventeenth century Cite web url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=polymath searchmode=none title=Online Etymology …
5Hermione Granger — HP character name=Hermione Jean Granger blood=Muggle born portrayer=Emma Watson House= Gryfindor appearance= Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone | Hermione Jean Granger (first name pronEng|hɚˈmaɪəni) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowling… …
6Jeeves — Infobox character colour = #DDD name = Jeeves caption = Jeeves, as portrayed in 1990 by Stephen Fry in Jeeves and Wooster . first = 1915, in the story Extricating Young Gussie last = 1974, in the novel Aunts Aren t Gentlemen cause = nickname =… …
7Discworld characters — This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett s Discworld series. This list consists of human characters. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld s ethnic minorities (Dwarfs, trolls, undead), see the… …
8Dickens, Charles — ▪ British novelist Introduction in full Charles John Huffam Dickens born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng. died June 9, 1870, Gad s Hill, near Chatham, Kent English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His …
9Bertie Wooster — Infobox character colour = name = Bertie Wooster caption = Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster first = last = cause = nickname = alias = gender = Male age = born = death = occupation = Gentleman, Socialite title = callsign = family = Aunt Dahlia (aunt) …
10Antonino Giuffrè — Antonino Nino Giuffrè (born July 21, 1945) is an Italian mafioso from Caccamo in the Province of Palermo, Sicily. He became one of the most important Mafia turncoats after his arrest in April 2002.Giuffrè was known in mafia circles as Manuzza… …
