vocabulist

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vocabulist

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From Latin vocābulum (“vocable”) + -ist. In sense 3, probably after Middle French vocabuliste or its etymon New Latin vocābulista (“vocabulary”). With sense 1, compare French vocabuliste with the same meaning.

noun vocabulists

The writer or maker of a vocabulary (dictionary or glossary); a lexicographer.
One who cultivates a large or impressive vocabulary. There is not the least mystery about the meaning of the name of this river, the greenest vocabulist in the Algonquin tongue knows its meaning.
Similar: vocabularian
obsolete A dictionary or glossary.

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@misc{vocabulist_2026,
  title = {vocabulist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vocabulist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}