| 释义 |
-ist
I. \ə̇st sometimes ˌist\ noun suffix
(plural -ists \-s(t)s\)
Etymology: Middle English -iste, from Old French & Latin; Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Greek -istēs, from -is- (from verb stems in -izein -ize) + -tēs (suffix forming agent nouns)
1.
a. : one that does : one that performs a (specified) action
< cyclist >
< balloonist >
< duellist >
: one that makes or produces
< novelist >
< syllogist >
b. : one that plays a (specified) musical instrument
< organist >
< violinist >
c. : one that operates a (specified) mechanical instrument or contrivance
< telegraphist >
2.
a. : one that practices or studies or specializes in a (specified) art or science or particular field of knowledge or particular skill
< geologist >
< mythologist >
< algebraist >
< ventriloquist >
b.
(1) : one that is usually professionally occupied with or interested in
< fashionist >
< colorist >
(2) : one that toys with or dabbles in
< controvertist >
< speculatist >
3. : one that professes or adheres to or advocates a (specified) doctrine or theory or system or policy or code of behavior or procedure
< deist >
< socialist >
< royalist >
< hedonist >
< purist >
or that supports the doctrine or theory or system or policy or code of behavior or procedure of a (specified) individual
< Calvinist >
< Darwinist >
< Hitlerist >
— especially in nouns corresponding to nouns in -ism
4. : one that is marked by
< pessimist >
< fatalist >
— especially in nouns corresponding to nouns in -ism
II. adjective suffix
: of, relating to, or characteristic of (something indicated)
< dilettantist > |