walking encyclopedia

A very knowledgeable person, as in Ask Rob-he's a walking encyclopedia of military history. A similar expression, a walking dictionary, was used by George Chapman in his poem "Tears of Peace" (c. 1600).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eason	[isən]
Candida	KAN-di-də (English)	Late Roman, English
Atanasije	-	Serbian
Marisa	mah-REE-zah (Italian), mah-REE-sah (Spanish), mə-RIS-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Roe	[rəu]
Ashley	ASH-lee	English