geognosistn.
/dʒɪˈɒɡnəsɪst/, U.S. /dʒiˈɑɡnəsəst/ Now historical.
An expert in geognosy. Cf. geognost n.
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hammerer1611
geologist1778
geognosist1797
geologer1797
geologue1799
geognost1802
geologian1813
geologician1818
fault-reader1891
rockhound1922
1797 tr. in R. Townson Trav. Hungary xv. 354 At some distance I espied a deep ravine. These small scratches in the skin of our globe, often shew us a little of its texture; they are therefore eagerly sought for by Geognosists.
1817 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. Dec. 88/2 Our geognosists have been very successful in the study of our atmosphere, waters, and solid earth.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xviii. 295 The eye of the geognosist in scanning the surface of this plateau land, could not be mistaken in the character of its atmosphere.
1904 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 85 Leopold von Buch, the first geognosist of the century,..and Buttmann, the grammarian, belong to that group.
1995 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 28 458 Ellenberger also places emphasis on the role of the German geognosists in the ‘grande éclosion’, by their establishment of a regular order of strata in Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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