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mystificator rare.|ˈmɪstɪfɪˌkeɪtə(r)|
[ad. F. mystificateur, f. mystifier mystify v.2]
A mystifier.
1823New Monthly Mag. VIII. 122 Lawyers, physicians, and divines, are mystificators of the first order. 1898Westm. Gaz. 4 Oct. 2/1 A special word or two with regard to Lockwood as a mystificator.
So ˈmystificatory a., mystifying.
1830Westm. Rev. XII. 270 [Coleridge's] confidences to Captain Medwin and Mr. Leigh Hunt, were..of this mystificatory class. 1830Fraser's Mag. II. 492 Your verses..say all this, only in much more mystificatory language. 1927C. E. Montague Right off Map viii. 68 This mystificatory drug had been working to some effect on the people of Ria's City. |