timistn.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪmɪst/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪmᵻst/

Forms: 1600s tymist, 1600s– timist, 1700s– timeist.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < time n. + -ist suffix.

†1. = time-server n. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming > temporizer or trimmer

Jack of both sides1554

mongrela1555

timeling1554

temporizer1555

time-taker1576

politique1581

time-server1583

time-pleaser1590

time observer1594

temporist1596

please-time1606

timist1614

timorist?1623

trimmer1682

Vicar of Bray1725

timer1842

1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. D4^v A Tymist is a noune Adiectiue of the present tense. He hath no more of a conscience then Feare, and his religion is not his but the Princes.

1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Fiue Senses iii. 33 The dissembling appearances of all obseruing Timists.

1685 Epipapresbyter (single sheet) This Tymist Turncoat of our Age, Would be a Show, if put in Cage.

2. A person who studies or is concerned with time; a chronologist. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > recorder of time and events

chroniclera1387

computista1398

compotister1413

chronographer1548

chronologera1572

chronicle-writer1577

chronologist1611

chroniclist1620

datary1655

timist1684

chronist1870

dendrochronologist1937

1684 T. Beverley Scripture-line of Time iv. 29 If..in that great Maze of Chronology..Scripture umpires so with the best Timists for Seventy five [years], we have reason to accept it.

1897 S. J. Humphrey in Chicago Advance 23 Sept. 422/1 The next day (Tuesday, Apr. 25, a.d. 60, for so the timists calculate) they [sc. Paul and his companions] came to Rhodes.

1904 Otago (Dunedin, N.Z.) Wtness 13 Apr. 46/4 Several expert timists who held watches on the field..made Stronghold traverse the distance faster than the official 1.14 2-5.

3. A timepiece, esp. considered in regard to its capacity to keep good time. Now rare.In later use perhaps an extended use of sense 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun]

clock1370

knock1502

watch-clock1592

timist1711

goer1730

tick-ticka1777

dial plate1796

hall-clock1815

tick-tock1947

1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) ii. 61 To bring the poor condemn'd Machine To th' flaming Pile, and cast therein The costly Timist.

1871 Exchange & Mart 5 July 22/2 (advt.) Lady's handsome gold watch, nearly new, good timist.

1876 Penny Illustr. Paper 8 Apr. 238/2 (advt.) Baum's Genevas (patent). Warranted correct timists.

1900 Liverpool Mercury 18 June 4/5 (advt.) Lady's Russell gold lever..exact timist, with Russell's guarantee and ours for 25 years.

1922 Connoisseur Mar. p. xxxiii (advt.) Empire ormolu clock... Good timist.

a. A person who keeps time (well or badly) during the performance of a piece of music. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > musicians with other skills

descantera1450

timera1527

timist1728

transposer1882

1728 R. North in J. Wilson Roger North on Music (1959) 98 And that is the usage of the best timists, who cannot undertake for a length without this artifice.

1760 Brit. Mag. June 349/2 Neither the one or the other are, by any means, perfect timists.

1827 Age 15 Apr. 116/3 She has a pretty voice, but is a bad timeist, and a singer need have no worse fault.

1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music ix. 339 The Chinese are known to be excellent timists, and they have several marks for indicating how the time is to be beaten.

1907 Musical Times 48 772/2 (advt.) Miss Blanche Dunnett... Good sight-reader and timist. Experienced pianoforte teacher.

1909 Musical Times Nov. 699/1 (advt.) Lady..desires Post as accompanist to Artist, Vocalist or Instrumentalist. Good sight-reader and timist.

1933 Music & Lett. 14 54 She was a remarkably steady timist for her age.

b. More generally: a person with a good sense of timing. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life III. 241 No actor can be a good timeist on the stage unless he keeps himself cool and collected.

1822 Tom & Jerry 54 Neat Article, a good time-ist in calling, upon a very slight acquaintance, at the juncture of meal time, when good manners..compels the housekeeper to invite him to partake of the meal.

1893 W. L. Murdoch Cricket 30 I think Lord F—— B—— must have had all the attributes of a good timist..for..it is written of him..that he had a greater variety of hits than anyone else and they were all along the ground.

1958 R. Denham Stars in my Hair x. vii. 239 Claude Dauphin..has an unerring sense of timing his comedy points, a perfect ‘timist’.

†5. A person whose outlook is confined to temporal things. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] > person > one who confines his outlook to present life

timista1784

a1784 T. Adam Private Thoughts Relig. ix, in Posthumous Wks. (1786) I. 185 Let the whole world..be divided into two great sects, viz. Timists and Eternalists.

6. Christian Church. Among some Adventists: a person who believes that the second coming of Christ will take place on a particular known date. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Millerism > [noun] > person

Millerite1842

Adventist1843

timist1867

1867 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 29 Aug. The main body of the Adventists..have fixed upon 1868 as the time for the end of the earth... So they are all ‘timeists’ now, and the slight matter of a year is all that divides them.

1874 Arizona Weekly Miner 6 Nov. The seceders from the original sect call themselves ‘Timists’, and have fixed May 1st, 1875, for the date at which Gabriel will blow his horn.

1884 Independent Almanac (N.Y.) 18 Only a small company [of Adventists], called ‘Timists’, now venture to fix a definite time for the advent.

1904 Papers Lancaster Hist. Soc. 9 49 Second Adventists are divided..some are fixed ‘timists’, and their leaders set particular dates for the second coming.

1993 E. Anderson in R. L. Numbers & J. M. Butler Disappointed 78 After 1844 increasingly obscure ‘timists’ found that Bible prophecy pointed to the Parousia in 1847 or 1851 or 1866 or 1873.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	timist
释义	timistn. Brit. /ˈtʌɪmɪst/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmᵻst/ Forms: 1600s tymist, 1600s– timist, 1700s– timeist. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < time n. + -ist suffix. †1. = time-server n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming > temporizer or trimmer Jack of both sides1554 mongrela1555 timeling1554 temporizer1555 time-taker1576 politique1581 time-server1583 time-pleaser1590 time observer1594 temporist1596 please-time1606 timist1614 timorist?1623 trimmer1682 Vicar of Bray1725 timer1842 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. D4^v A Tymist is a noune Adiectiue of the present tense. He hath no more of a conscience then Feare, and his religion is not his but the Princes. 1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Fiue Senses iii. 33 The dissembling appearances of all obseruing Timists. 1685 Epipapresbyter (single sheet) This Tymist Turncoat of our Age, Would be a Show, if put in Cage. 2. A person who studies or is concerned with time; a chronologist. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > recorder of time and events chroniclera1387 computista1398 compotister1413 chronographer1548 chronologera1572 chronicle-writer1577 chronologist1611 chroniclist1620 datary1655 timist1684 chronist1870 dendrochronologist1937 1684 T. Beverley Scripture-line of Time iv. 29 If..in that great Maze of Chronology..Scripture umpires so with the best Timists for Seventy five [years], we have reason to accept it. 1897 S. J. Humphrey in Chicago Advance 23 Sept. 422/1 The next day (Tuesday, Apr. 25, a.d. 60, for so the timists calculate) they [sc. Paul and his companions] came to Rhodes. 1904 Otago (Dunedin, N.Z.) Wtness 13 Apr. 46/4 Several expert timists who held watches on the field..made Stronghold traverse the distance faster than the official 1.14 2-5. 3. A timepiece, esp. considered in regard to its capacity to keep good time. Now rare.In later use perhaps an extended use of sense 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] clock1370 knock1502 watch-clock1592 timist1711 goer1730 tick-ticka1777 dial plate1796 hall-clock1815 tick-tock1947 1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) ii. 61 To bring the poor condemn'd Machine To th' flaming Pile, and cast therein The costly Timist. 1871 Exchange & Mart 5 July 22/2 (advt.) Lady's handsome gold watch, nearly new, good timist. 1876 Penny Illustr. Paper 8 Apr. 238/2 (advt.) Baum's Genevas (patent). Warranted correct timists. 1900 Liverpool Mercury 18 June 4/5 (advt.) Lady's Russell gold lever..exact timist, with Russell's guarantee and ours for 25 years. 1922 Connoisseur Mar. p. xxxiii (advt.) Empire ormolu clock... Good timist. 4. a. A person who keeps time (well or badly) during the performance of a piece of music. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > musicians with other skills descantera1450 timera1527 timist1728 transposer1882 1728 R. North in J. Wilson Roger North on Music (1959) 98 And that is the usage of the best timists, who cannot undertake for a length without this artifice. 1760 Brit. Mag. June 349/2 Neither the one or the other are, by any means, perfect timists. 1827 Age 15 Apr. 116/3 She has a pretty voice, but is a bad timeist, and a singer need have no worse fault. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music ix. 339 The Chinese are known to be excellent timists, and they have several marks for indicating how the time is to be beaten. 1907 Musical Times 48 772/2 (advt.) Miss Blanche Dunnett... Good sight-reader and timist. Experienced pianoforte teacher. 1909 Musical Times Nov. 699/1 (advt.) Lady..desires Post as accompanist to Artist, Vocalist or Instrumentalist. Good sight-reader and timist. 1933 Music & Lett. 14 54 She was a remarkably steady timist for her age. b. More generally: a person with a good sense of timing. Now rare. ΚΠ 1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life III. 241 No actor can be a good timeist on the stage unless he keeps himself cool and collected. 1822 Tom & Jerry 54 Neat Article, a good time-ist in calling, upon a very slight acquaintance, at the juncture of meal time, when good manners..compels the housekeeper to invite him to partake of the meal. 1893 W. L. Murdoch Cricket 30 I think Lord F—— B—— must have had all the attributes of a good timist..for..it is written of him..that he had a greater variety of hits than anyone else and they were all along the ground. 1958 R. Denham Stars in my Hair x. vii. 239 Claude Dauphin..has an unerring sense of timing his comedy points, a perfect ‘timist’. †5. A person whose outlook is confined to temporal things. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] > person > one who confines his outlook to present life timista1784 a1784 T. Adam Private Thoughts Relig. ix, in Posthumous Wks. (1786) I. 185 Let the whole world..be divided into two great sects, viz. Timists and Eternalists. 6. Christian Church. Among some Adventists: a person who believes that the second coming of Christ will take place on a particular known date. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Millerism > [noun] > person Millerite1842 Adventist1843 timist1867 1867 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 29 Aug. The main body of the Adventists..have fixed upon 1868 as the time for the end of the earth... So they are all ‘timeists’ now, and the slight matter of a year is all that divides them. 1874 Arizona Weekly Miner 6 Nov. The seceders from the original sect call themselves ‘Timists’, and have fixed May 1st, 1875, for the date at which Gabriel will blow his horn. 1884 Independent Almanac (N.Y.) 18 Only a small company [of Adventists], called ‘Timists’, now venture to fix a definite time for the advent. 1904 Papers Lancaster Hist. Soc. 9 49 Second Adventists are divided..some are fixed ‘timists’, and their leaders set particular dates for the second coming. 1993 E. Anderson in R. L. Numbers & J. M. Butler Disappointed 78 After 1844 increasingly obscure ‘timists’ found that Bible prophecy pointed to the Parousia in 1847 or 1851 or 1866 or 1873. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614
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