psittacistn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪtəsɪst/, U.S.

/ˈsɪdəsəst/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin psittacus , -ist suffix; Greek ψιττακός , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin psittacus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ψιττακός parrot (see psittac n.) + -ist suffix, after psittacism n. Compare French psittaciste (1920 or earlier). Compare earlier psittacistically adv.

rare.

A person who repeats words or phrases parrot-fashion. Cf. psittacism n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > repetition > [noun] > rapid or mechanical repetition > one who recites mechanically

patterera1522

parroter1623

roter1624

parrot tongue1773

psittacist1923

1923 C. K. Ogden & I. A. Richards Meaning of Meaning vi. 230 There will be some to whom a word is merely a stimulus to the utterance of other words without the occurrence of any reference—the psittacists, that is to say, who respond to words much as they might respond to the first notes of a tune which they proceed almost automatically to complete.

1932 C. C. Brigham Study of Error vi. 208 This account of the acquisition of symbols by the individual organism will explain a race of psittacists and nothing more.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psittacist
释义	psittacistn. Brit. /ˈsɪtəsɪst/, U.S. /ˈsɪdəsəst/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin psittacus , -ist suffix; Greek ψιττακός , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin psittacus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ψιττακός parrot (see psittac n.) + -ist suffix, after psittacism n. Compare French psittaciste (1920 or earlier). Compare earlier psittacistically adv. rare. A person who repeats words or phrases parrot-fashion. Cf. psittacism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > [noun] > rapid or mechanical repetition > one who recites mechanically patterera1522 parroter1623 roter1624 parrot tongue1773 psittacist1923 1923 C. K. Ogden & I. A. Richards Meaning of Meaning vi. 230 There will be some to whom a word is merely a stimulus to the utterance of other words without the occurrence of any reference—the psittacists, that is to say, who respond to words much as they might respond to the first notes of a tune which they proceed almost automatically to complete. 1932 C. C. Brigham Study of Error vi. 208 This account of the acquisition of symbols by the individual organism will explain a race of psittacists and nothing more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923
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