† symmetriann.
Obsolete. rare.
= symmetrist n.
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvi. sig. K5v Her face was a thought longer then the exacte Symmetrians perhaps would allow.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. xvii. 459 Statues..fiue or sixe fathomes high, which these Symmetrians proportioned to the stature of Adam.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Simmetrian, a painter or grauer, one that considereth the due proportion of a thing.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Symmetrist or Symmetrian..one that considers the due proportion of a thing, and how well the parts agree with the whole; one skilled in proportions.
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