Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sciolist

Sciolist , noun

[Latin sciolus. See Sciolous.]

One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
These passages in that book were enough to humble the presumption of our modern sciolists, if their pride were not as great as their ignorance. — Sir W. Temple
A master were lauded and sciolists shent. — R. Browning