| But with such encyclopaedic resources, some dustiness of tone is perhaps inevitable. |
| However encyclopaedic your knowledge of antiques, if you're blind as a bat, forget it. |
| He is a prodigious writer with an encyclopaedic memory and quixotic tendencies. |
| He was involved in numerous projects, was an excellent teacher, and was known for his encyclopaedic knowledge. |
| Do you panic when snooty sommeliers thrust an encyclopaedic wine list at you and you know that they will be back in a minute demanding an answer? |
| The Europe fanatic with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the last quarter-century of EU politics was supposed to settle down to memoir-scribbling. |
