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suist

suist noun: a selfish person.

Noun

suist (plural suists)

  1. (obsolete) A selfish person
    • […] rather than alter his pace, or path (that Conscience or Reason boundeth him in) he will bee poor, undone; any thing but the Ratio formalis, essentiall of a Suist, or selfe-polititian, that is changeable.1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English
    Synonyms:
    selfist

Synonyms of suist

Forms of suist

pluralsuists

Origin of suist

Latin suus (“belonging to himself or oneself”) + -ist.

Questions about suist

What does suist mean?
Suist means a selfish person.
What part of speech is suist?
Suist is a noun.
What is the plural of suist?
The plural of suist is suists.

Words near suist in the dictionary

  1. Suire
  2. Suires
  3. suis
  4. suiseki
  5. suisekis
  6. suist
  7. suists
  8. Suisun
  9. Suisun City
  10. Suisune
  11. Suisunes

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