quotationist

Syllables: quot·at·ion·ist/kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənɪst//ˌkwoʊˈteɪʃənəst/

quotationist noun: one who makes, or is given to making, quotations; a quoter.

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Noun

quotationist (plural quotationists)

One who makes, or is given to making, quotations; a quoter.
- Let the ſtatutes of God be turn'd over, be ſcann'd a nevv, and conſider'd not altogether by the narrovv intellectuals of quotationiſts and common placers, but (as vvas the ancient right of Counſels) by men of vvhat liberall profeſſion ſoever, of eminent ſpirit and breeding, joyn'd vvith a diffuſe...1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], “To the Parlament of England, with the Assembly”, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC
- As a quotationist he [Robert Southey] exceeds Old Burton [Robert Burton?]. Quoting is with him a ‘sine qua nonniness’, a happy term which I make him my best bow for inventing.1859, “Entrance of Professional Life—Impression Made on His Legal Associates”, in The Christian Lawyer: Being a Portrait of the Life and Character of William George Baker, New York, N.Y.: Carlton &...

Having dead men's mental coin rattling from the pen-point or tongue tip may make a clever quotationist, but never a rich, ripe thinker.1868 February, [Jennie Fowler Willing], “Thinking”, in I[saac] W[illiam] Wiley, editor, The Ladies’ Repository: A Monthly Periodical...
By-the-by, you great Quotationist, you did not quote Terence rightly.1875 August 27 (date written), Friedrich Max Müller, “Death of Charles Kingsley. Visit to Italy. Windsor. Last Visit of Mother. Chips...
There are, in its splintered depths, moments of imaginative vigor. […] Almost choked by the pretentious quotationist, there is a mute anguish in the section entitled "Death by Water."1923 September, Louis Untermeyer, “The Cerebralists”, in American Poetry since 1900, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, pages...
This chapter is becoming quite quotationist, which is one of [John] Milton's words that didn't catch on.2011, Mark Forsyth, “Miltonic Meanders”, in The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through Hidden Connections of the English Language, London...

plural	quotationists

From quotation + -ist (suffix denoting a person who engages in a particular type of activity).

What does quotationist mean?: Quotationist means one who makes, or is given to making, quotations; a quoter.
How do you use quotationist in a sentence?: Having dead men's mental coin rattling from the pen-point or tongue tip may make a clever quotationist, but never a rich, ripe thinker.
What part of speech is quotationist?: Quotationist is a noun.
How do you pronounce quotationist?: Quotationist is pronounced /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of quotationist?: The plural of quotationist is quotationists.

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