miscellanist
miscellanist adjective: having the characteristics of a miscellany.
Adjective
miscellanist (not comparable)
- Having the characteristics of a miscellany.
- Punjab Notes and Queries […] was ethnographic and miscellanist in nature, but its organization was confused.2002, Sadhana Naithani, “To Tell a Tale Untold: Two Folklorists in Colonial India”, in Journal of Folklore Research, vol. 39, no. 2/3, p. 205
Noun
miscellanist (plural miscellanists)
- An author or editor of one or more miscellanies; one who produces written works having a wide range of forms or kinds of content.
- Leigh Hunt tried almost every conceivable kind of literature, including a historical novel. […] All this we may not unkindly brush away, and consider him first as a poet, secondly as a critic, and thirdly as what can be best, though rather unphilosophically, called a miscellanist.1889, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, Littell's Living Age, 5th series, vol. 66, p. 492
- Professor Sadler relied heavily on a voluminous work (still unfinished, although some 60 volumes have already been published) by Tokutomi Iichiro, History of the Japanese People in Modern Times. Unfortunately, this Japanese journalist, a prolific writer and a miscellanist, is not accepted as a...1942, Yamato Ichihashi, "The Maker of Modern Japan by A. L. Sadler" (book review), Pacific Historical Review, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 89
- Synonyms:
- miscellanarian
Synonyms of miscellanist
Forms of miscellanist
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Origin of miscellanist
From miscellany + -ist.
Questions about miscellanist
- What does miscellanist mean?
- Miscellanist means having the characteristics of a miscellany.
- What part of speech is miscellanist?
- Miscellanist can be an adjective or a noun.
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