Defn: All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders. [R.] John Worthington.
PANSOPHY
Pan"so*phy, n. Etym: [Pan- + Gr. pansophie.]
Defn: Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 — 1671), a Moravian educator. [R.] Hartlib.
PANSPERMATIST; PANSPERMIST
Pan*sper"ma*tist, Pan"sper`mist, n. (Biol.)
Defn: A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.
PANSPERMIC
Pan`sper"mic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.
PANSPERMY Pan"sper`my, n. Etym: [Pan- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. (b) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; — the opposite of Ant: spontaneous generation.
PANSTEREORAMA
Pan*ste`re*o*ra"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.