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单词 geologist
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geologistn.

Brit. /dʒɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /dʒiˈɑlədʒəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: geology n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < geology n. + -ist suffix.
An expert or specialist in geology.Other words that have been used with this meaning are geologer n., geologian n., geologician n., and geologue n.field, mining, petroleum geologist, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geologist > [noun]
hammerer1611
geologist1778
geognosist1797
geologer1797
geologue1799
geognost1802
geologian1813
geologician1818
fault-reader1891
rockhound1922
1778 tr. A. Fortis Trav. into Dalmatia 470 The unprepossessed geologists will naturally think of those ages, when the vast provinces, now submerged by the waters of the Mediterranean..were dry land.
1795 J. Hutton Theory Earth (new ed.) I. i. iii. 269 The opinions of other geologists should be clearly stated.
1858 W. M. Thackeray in Harper's Mag. Dec. 120/2 What would be thought of a geologist who should confine his investigations to the mere face of the globe, penetrating no lower than a plow-furrow?
1873 Queen Victoria Highland Jrnls. 9 Sept. (1980) ii. 171 The celebrated Parallel Roads..are very interesting to all geologists as being supposed to mark the beaches of an inland lake.
1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) II. vi. ii. 1051 The Carboniferous system of the European continent has been grouped by some geologists in three major divisions.
1970 Nature 22 Aug. 774/2 Lunar geologists may soon face the invidious problem of how to maximize their knowledge of the Moon with only three further shots.
2010 Times (Nexis) 15 June 29 Two senior geologists working in Afghanistan also said that they were unaware of any proven deposits of lithium.

Derivatives

geologistical adj. Obsolete rare = geological adj. 1a.
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1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 334 Superabundant proofs of his having made a careful, moral, political, geologistical, and gravely quizzical survey of that wonderful region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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