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hygeist|ˈhaɪdʒiːɪst|
Also (in mod. Dicts.) hygieist.
[f. Gr. ὑγεία, ὑγίεια (see Hygeia) + -ist.]
One versed in hygiene; a sanitarian.
Assumed as a title by James Morison, the maker of certain ‘vegetable medicines’ formerly in vogue.
1716M. Davies Ath. Brit. III. Dissert. on Physick 12 Magists, Magirists..Geoponists, Hygeists, Prophylactists, Remedists. 1825J. Morison in Morisoniana (1831) 195 The Hygeist, viewing all disease in its..natural light. 1839New Monthly Mag. LV. 310 More precipitation than is consistent with the rules of hygeists. 1841Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) VI. 4 The real Hygeist Morison contending with the pseudo-doctor Gordon for the only Vegetable Pills. 1891Spectator 24 Jan., The increased survival of the unfittest which is the grand present result of the successful labours of modern hygeists.
Hence hygeˈistic a., sanitary, medicinal.
1836Fraser's Mag. XIII. 343 The peasants..deem the herbs to possess sundry Hygeistic virtues. |