mazologist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazologist (plural mazologists)
- (obsolete, rare) One versed in mazology; a mammalogist.
- 1823 January to June, “Mermaids.—An Essay.”, in Robert Walsh, Jr., editor, The Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, volume 2, page 138:
- There is an animal (though I cannot agree in calling it a species of the Walrus, as some mazologists have done,) called the manati or sea-ape […]
- 1832, “Mazology”, in David Brewster, editor, Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 12, page 469:
- […] the two most eminent mazologists of antiquity are Aristotle and Pliny; […]
- 1873 December 23, “Newstead Biscuit & Confectionary Establishment”, in Avoca Mail and Pyrenees District Advertiser[1], page 2:
- Moreover, to fashion these Dry Goods aright
A MONSTER STEAM PAN
has been erected, that all imaginable devices may be made to meet the requirements of youth and age in Victoria. Machinery of the most complex and bewildering character stand in array to reproduce in boundless profusion and beauty of form all that the Entomologist, Ichylogist, or Mazologist, may wish to see.
References[edit]
- “mazologist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.