单词 | anagrammatist |
释义 | anagrammatistn. A person who composes or solves anagrams; = anagrammist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > alteration of letters in a word > [noun] > creation of > creator anagrammatist1613 anagrammist1613 paragrammatist1711 1613 W. Gamage Linsi-woolsie ii. xviii. sig. D2v Mr. W. Awbrey, an ingenious Anagrammatist. 1792 C. H. Wilson Wandering Islander I. iv. 59 I do not like to see a poor word put to the torture, either by an anagrammatist or an etymologist. a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VI. 93 Louis XIII. appointed the Provençal Thomas Billen to be his Royal Anagrammatist. 1948 T. Beyer Integrated Life 41 Had she been an anagrammatist, She would have cried in the cider. 2010 Daily Tel. 16 Dec. 33/4 Is the fact that he appeals subconsciously to my inner anagrammatist why I like the man? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1613 |
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