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signaturist

signaturist noun: a holder of the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.

Noun

signaturist (plural signaturists)

  1. (obsolete) A holder of the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.
    • Signaturists have somewhat advanced it; who seldom omitting what ancients delivered, drawing into inference received distinctions of sex[…]1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of signaturist

pluralsignaturists

Origin of signaturist

From signature + -ist.

Questions about signaturist

What does signaturist mean?
Signaturist means a holder of the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.
What part of speech is signaturist?
Signaturist is a noun.
What is the plural of signaturist?
The plural of signaturist is signaturists.

Words near signaturist in the dictionary

  1. signature tune
  2. signature tunes
  3. signature-compatible
  4. signatureless
  5. signatures
  6. signaturist
  7. signaturists
  8. signback
  9. signboard
  10. signboarded
  11. signboarding

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