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
Gilberto	jeel-BER-to (Italian), heel-BER-to (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Timotheus	-	Biblical Latin, German, Dutch
Wilhelmina	vil-hel-MEE-nah (Dutch)	Dutch, German, Polish, English
Tlaloc	TLAH-lok	Aztec and Toltec Mythology
BreandÁN	-	Irish
Lenore	[lə'nɔ:]