monotonistn.
/məˈnɒtənɪst/, /məˈnɒtn̩ɪst/, U.S. /məˈnɑtn̩əst/ Chiefly derogatory. Now rare.
A person who speaks monotonously, or who is monotonous in some way; a person who desires or advocates monotony or uniformity.
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1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xviii. 80 If I ruin such a virtue, sayest thou! Eternal monotonist!
1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times I. 139 To others, who do not like to be taught by boys,..and who go to church more to keep up appearances, than from any spirit of devotion, he would provide a monotonist of sixty.
1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 521 To avoid insipidity of excellence in his seraphs, and insipidity of horror in his fiends,..was a problem requiring..dramatic as well as epic powers. No mere monotonist could have succeeded in it.
1886 J. Todhunter Helena in Troas 73 I could chide thee now As vexed Apollo some monotonist That will but finger in one mode alone.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 30 Sept. 4/2 The Imperialist or monotonist who likes to see as many people as possible under a Government of the same pattern.
1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 29 Dec. c5 People paid through the nose to see..monotonist Spalding Gray publicly stroke his insufferable ego.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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