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Definition of Neologist
1. Noun. A lexicographer of new words and expressions.
Definition of Neologist
1. n. One who introduces new words or new senses of old words into a language.
Definition of Neologist
1. Noun. One who coins a new word or new words ¹
2. Noun. An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neologist
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neologist
1. 1. One who introduces new word or new senses of old words into a language. 2. An innovator in any doctrine or system of belif, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversie of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so-called. Origin: Cf. F. Neologiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neologist
Literary usage of Neologist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Literature: And The Literary Character Illustrated by Isaac Disraeli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1851)
"... a second under that of the " neologist," which attracted much attention, and
were very widely circulated and republished in the newspapers of the day. ..."
2. America and Her Resources: Or, A View of the Agricultural, Commercial by John Bristed (1818)
"The neologist is a periodical paper, of which nearly one hundred numbers have
appeared in the New-York Daily Advertiser, which still continue* to publish ..."
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