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anagrammatist|ænəˈgræmətɪst|
[f. anagrammatize: see -ist. Cf. mod.Fr. anagrammatiste, perh. earlier than Eng.]
A maker of anagrams. Also applied to, A book of anagrams.
1613Gamage Epigrams xviii. (T.) Mr. W. Aubrey, an ingenious anagrammatist. 1634F. Lenton (title) The Inns of Court Anagrammatist, or, The Masquers Masqued in Anagrams. 1711Addison Spect. No. 60 ⁋4 When the Anagrammatist takes a Name to work upon, he considers it at first as a Mine not broken up. 1834–43Southey Doctor clxxix. (1862) 467 Louis XIII appointed the Provençal Thomas Billen to be his Royal Anagrammatist. |