figurist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

figure +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

figurist (plural figurists)

  1. (Christianity, historical) A proponent of figurism.
  2. One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
    • 1740, Daniel Waterland, A brief historical account of the primitive invocation [] :
      the whole Church of Egypt condemned the Figurist's Doctrine in Origen whom they through Mistake supposed did hold it
  3. (art) An artist who produces figures (representations of people, animals, etc.).

References[edit]

figurist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French figuriste.

Noun[edit]

figurist m (plural figuriști)

  1. figurist

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • figurist in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN