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geologist|dʒiːˈɒlədʒɪst|
[f. geolog-y + -ist.]
One versed in geology; one who pursues geological investigations.
1795J. Hutton Theory Earth I. 269 The opinions of other geologists should be clearly stated. 1813J. Townsend Char. Moses I. 420 The skilful geologist will detect the origin of these springs. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 3 The geologist and those who study natural history or physics stand in equal need of mutual assistance. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 400 Their very existence would have remained unknown, except for the geologist and the fossil.
Hence geoloˈgistical a., nonce-wd., jocularly used for geological.
1831Fraser's Mag. III. 334 Superabundant proofs of his having made a careful, moral, political, geologistical, and gravely quizzical survey of that wonderful region. |