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单词 metricist
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metricistn.

Brit. /ˈmɛtrᵻsɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəsəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metric n.1, -ist suffix.
Etymology: < metric n.1 + -ist suffix. Compare earlier metrician n.
Now rare.
A person who writes in or analyses metre.
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metricist1881
1881 Athenæum 7 May 618/2 But even if the poet were a sufficiently skilled metricist to [etc.].
1886 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 241 Before writing a paper [on the Dorian measure]..I must have read..all the poetry in it and Hephaestion and the Metricists, also the Musical writers.
1969 MLN 84 388 The German metricist Eduard Sievers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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