单词 | numerist |
释义 | numeristn. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers accountera1400 arithmetician1557 reckonmaster1570 computator1591 summer1598 computer1613 counter-castera1616 computant1621 accountant1622 logistic1633 numerist1646 cipherera1648 arithmetic1652 computor1669 figure-caster1831 cruncher1971 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). < n.1646 |
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