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单词 numerist
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numeristn.

Brit. /ˈnjuːm(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /ˈn(j)umərəst/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin numerus , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin numerus (see number n.) + -ist suffix.
Now rare.
A person who attaches importance to or is concerned with numbers.In quot. 1806, a numorist also represents a pronunciation of an humorist with the h silent.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 217 We..should rather assigne a respective fatality unto each: which is concordant unto the doctrine of the numerists . View more context for this quotation
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 191 Which ancient Numerists made out by two and three, the first parity and imparity.
1806 T. Holcroft Tales in Verse I. 73 A numorist, can cut a joke! A numerist can cast up figures: When Englishmen good English spoke, 'Twas humorist.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. ii. 75 The numerist in calculations deep Grew gray.
1969 Biometrics June 432 The ‘Numerist,’ after performing a very complex experiment, becomes overwhelmed upon viewing the mass of data in all its forms and manifestations.
1995 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 5 Oct. 58 Astute numerists have also noted that we are in the 10th decade of the 10th century of the millenium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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