computistn.

Brit.

/kəmˈpjuːtɪst/, U.S.

/kəmˈpjudəst/

Forms: Middle English–1600s compotist, 1500s– computist.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin computista.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin compotista, computista calculator, chronologer (9th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources), clerk of accounts (15th cent. in a British source) < computus computus n. + classical Latin -ista -ist suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman compotistien , cumpotestien (12th cent.), Middle French compotiste (14th cent.), French computiste (1611), Italian computista (1494). Compare compute n.

a. A person skilled in the computus or medieval calendar, or in chronological or calendrical reckoning. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > recorder of time and events

chroniclera1387

computista1398

compotister1413

chronographer1548

chronologera1572

chronicle-writer1577

chronologist1611

chroniclist1620

datary1655

timist1684

chronist1870

dendrochronologist1937

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. iv. 251 Compotistes..departiþ þilke xii. moones in sixe euene and sixe odde.

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 281 Golden, (as numerus in the almanack and calendare, by compotists).

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 427 The Embolismal years..which according to..most of the ancient Computists..were expressly declared to be thus inserted.

1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 341 Chronology must descend to the computist for proofs.

1877 S. Butcher Eccl. Cal. 117 This anticipation of the Calendar Moon by the actual mean Moon was called by the Computists the προέμπτωσις of the Moon.

1998 D. E. Duncan Calendar i. 7 But none of these computists dared challenge the Church on a matter so fundamental as measuring time.

b. More generally: a person who makes calculations. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > knowledge of > one who has

mathematician?a1475

mathematical1545

mathematic1547

algebrician1579

computist1595

algebraist1614

philomathematic1621

Archimedesa1649

algorist1656

analyst1656

fluxionist1734

calculist1829

metamathematician1935

numerical analyst1956

1595 tr. A. Banchieri Noblenesse of Asse sig. D4^v In his time an Asse was solde for seuentie Sestertiaes: which according to Budeus and other Computists, amounteth to the summe of a thousand and fiue hundred crownes.

1661 T. Salusbury Math. Coll. & Transl. I. i. 254 I would think that they were all false, either through the fault of the computist, or through the defect of the observators.

1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §33 You may pass for an artist, computist, or analyst, yet you may not be justly esteemed a man of science.

1759 S. Johnson Idler no. 39 in Universal. Chron. 6 Jan. 1/1 It seems to be the opinion of the later Computists, that the inhabitants of England do not exceed six millions.

1847 Times 16 Jan. 7/6 The plaintiff is a railway traffic computist, and this was an action brought by him to recover..the last instalment due on a contract.

1867 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. (1871) 138 Donati's comet, if the computists are right, will return in 2100 years.

1983 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 48 510 It is usually important, in particular, that the computist know at least the number-theoretic goal of the algorithm.

†2. A keeper of accounts, an accountant. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts

accountera1400

teller1434

countrel?1475

reasoner1509

accountant1539

chequer-man?1577

computist1583

rational1610

actuary1769

account keeper1797

tallyman1857

number cruncher1971

bean-counter1975

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iii As a straight computist, demaundeth interest and gaine of euery one of vs.

a1639 H. Wotton Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham: Parallel in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 24 The Earl of Dorset, Lord Treasurer, who was a wise man and a strict Computist.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 75 The Secretary, Clerk, and Computist of the Sacred Colledge.

1734 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations II. 151 This Assembly..has its Camerling, or Chamberlain,..a Secretary,..and a Computist or Accomptant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	computist
释义	computistn. Brit. /kəmˈpjuːtɪst/, U.S. /kəmˈpjudəst/ Forms: Middle English–1600s compotist, 1500s– computist. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin computista. Etymology: < post-classical Latin compotista, computista calculator, chronologer (9th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources), clerk of accounts (15th cent. in a British source) < computus computus n. + classical Latin -ista -ist suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman compotistien , cumpotestien (12th cent.), Middle French compotiste (14th cent.), French computiste (1611), Italian computista (1494). Compare compute n. 1. a. A person skilled in the computus or medieval calendar, or in chronological or calendrical reckoning. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > recorder of time and events chroniclera1387 computista1398 compotister1413 chronographer1548 chronologera1572 chronicle-writer1577 chronologist1611 chroniclist1620 datary1655 timist1684 chronist1870 dendrochronologist1937 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. iv. 251 Compotistes..departiþ þilke xii. moones in sixe euene and sixe odde. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 281 Golden, (as numerus in the almanack and calendare, by compotists). 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 427 The Embolismal years..which according to..most of the ancient Computists..were expressly declared to be thus inserted. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 341 Chronology must descend to the computist for proofs. 1877 S. Butcher Eccl. Cal. 117 This anticipation of the Calendar Moon by the actual mean Moon was called by the Computists the προέμπτωσις of the Moon. 1998 D. E. Duncan Calendar i. 7 But none of these computists dared challenge the Church on a matter so fundamental as measuring time. b. More generally: a person who makes calculations. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > knowledge of > one who has mathematician?a1475 mathematical1545 mathematic1547 algebrician1579 computist1595 algebraist1614 philomathematic1621 Archimedesa1649 algorist1656 analyst1656 fluxionist1734 calculist1829 metamathematician1935 numerical analyst1956 1595 tr. A. Banchieri Noblenesse of Asse sig. D4^v In his time an Asse was solde for seuentie Sestertiaes: which according to Budeus and other Computists, amounteth to the summe of a thousand and fiue hundred crownes. 1661 T. Salusbury Math. Coll. & Transl. I. i. 254 I would think that they were all false, either through the fault of the computist, or through the defect of the observators. 1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §33 You may pass for an artist, computist, or analyst, yet you may not be justly esteemed a man of science. 1759 S. Johnson Idler no. 39 in Universal. Chron. 6 Jan. 1/1 It seems to be the opinion of the later Computists, that the inhabitants of England do not exceed six millions. 1847 Times 16 Jan. 7/6 The plaintiff is a railway traffic computist, and this was an action brought by him to recover..the last instalment due on a contract. 1867 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. (1871) 138 Donati's comet, if the computists are right, will return in 2100 years. 1983 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 48 510 It is usually important, in particular, that the computist know at least the number-theoretic goal of the algorithm. †2. A keeper of accounts, an accountant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts accountera1400 teller1434 countrel?1475 reasoner1509 accountant1539 chequer-man?1577 computist1583 rational1610 actuary1769 account keeper1797 tallyman1857 number cruncher1971 bean-counter1975 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iii As a straight computist, demaundeth interest and gaine of euery one of vs. a1639 H. Wotton Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham: Parallel in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 24 The Earl of Dorset, Lord Treasurer, who was a wise man and a strict Computist. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 75 The Secretary, Clerk, and Computist of the Sacred Colledge. 1734 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations II. 151 This Assembly..has its Camerling, or Chamberlain,..a Secretary,..and a Computist or Accomptant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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