amnicolist
/æmˈnɪkəlɪst/
amnicolist noun: one who dwells by a river.
Noun
amnicolist (plural amnicolists)
- One who dwells by a river.
- I determined to explore the banks of the Liffey, and to ſearch among the amnicoliſts for that entertainment which eluded my purſuit in the urbanity of the capital[.]November 1782, Samuel Johnson, “A Tour to Celbridge”, in The Hibernian Magazine: or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, for November, 1782, page 553
- He must be no teague. He must be a franklin, but not an amnicolist.1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 47
amnicolist meaning in Tamil
amnicolist in Tamil
- ஆற்றருகெ வசிப்பவர், ஆற்றங்கரைவாசி
Examples of amnicolist in a sentence
- Being easily exsuscitated, and an amnicolist fond of inescating fish and broggling, with an ineluctable desire for the amolition of care, I took a punt and descended the river[.]1894, Samuel Conkey, “An Adventure with a Hackee”, in Mary Mapes Dodge, editor, St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume...
- I sojourned with agnations and cognations, who are amnicolists and engaged in terraculture, or agricolation.1906, J. E. L. Seneker, Frontier Experience: or, Epistolary Sesquipedalian Lexiphanicism from the Occident, 102nd-anniversary edition...
- She was not a bad-looking person, though an amnicolist.1920, Karle Wilson Baker, The Garden of the Plynck, page 16:
Forms of amnicolist
| plural | amnicolists |
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Origin of amnicolist
From Latin amnicola (“dwelling by a river”) + -ist. Compare French amnicole.
Questions about amnicolist
- What does amnicolist mean?
- Amnicolist means one who dwells by a river.
- What is amnicolist in Tamil?
- Amnicolist in Tamil is ஆற்றருகெ வசிப்பவர், ஆற்றங்கரைவாசி. See Amnicolist meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use amnicolist in a sentence?
- Being easily exsuscitated, and an amnicolist fond of inescating fish and broggling, with an ineluctable desire for the amolition of care, I took a punt and descended the river[.]
- What part of speech is amnicolist?
- Amnicolist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amnicolist?
- Amnicolist is pronounced /æmˈnɪkəlɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of amnicolist?
- The plural of amnicolist is amnicolists.
Words near amnicolist in the dictionary
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