cereologistn.
/sɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪst/ One who studies or investigates crop circles.
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geoponist1716
agricolist1753
agronome1776
agronomist1799
agriculturist1813
agriculturalist1854
agrologist1907
agro-economist1930
agrotechnologist1953
agrometeorologist1960
cereologist1990
1990 Fortean Times liii. 42 He is a pioneer and leading theorist of the strictly meteorological school of crop circle investigators (or cereologist, from Ceres the goddess of corn).
1990 Daily Tel. 27 July 17/5 The news that the latest rash of giant acne in the Wiltshire cornfields is a hoax has done nothing to dispirit some devoted circle spotters who are about to bring out the first edition of the Cereologist.
1993 Observer 11 July 64/3 Pity the humble cerealogist. Saddled with the Herculean task of explaining the existence of crop circles.
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cereˈology n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > farming sciences
agriculture1565
georgics1594
geoponics1608
rural science?1750
agricultural science1775
agronomy1796
agronomics1825
agrometeorology1925
agrobiology1930
agroecology1930
agrotechnology1932
agrology1946
agro-ecosystem1949
agriscience1958
green revolution1968
cereology1990
agromechanization2006
1990 New Scientist 1 Dec. 61/1 The array of experts who have collaborated to found the Centre for Crop Circle Studies and co-author The Crop Circle Enigma, the parents of cereology.
1993 Sunday Times 6 June vi. 6/4 In the early days of cereology, a principal attraction of this field of research..was publishers' appetites for sensationalist speculations about the mystery crop formations.
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