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moirologists

moirologists is the plural of moirologist.

Meaning of moirologist

Noun

moirologist (plural moirologists)

  1. (rare) A professional mourner.
    • The moirologists will sing of the loneliness of the living, of the horrors of death, of the black earth, and the cold dreary frozen Hades; and, in the strange language of hyperbole, in which they love to indulge, they will wonder how the sun could venture to shine on so lamentable a scene as the...1886, “The Greek Islanders”, in The Quarterly Review, Volume 163, page 215, July & October 1886
    Synonyms:
    wailer

Questions about moirologists

What is moirologists the plural of?
Moirologists is the plural of moirologist.

Words near moirologists in the dictionary

  1. moirette
  2. moirettes
  3. moirocaust
  4. moirocausts
  5. moirologist
  6. moirologists
  7. Moirs
  8. moiré
  9. moiré pattern
  10. moiré patterns
  11. moiréd

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