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apneist en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French apnéiste, Italian apneista, or Spanish apneísta. Equivalent to apnea + -ist.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:non-native speakers' English) A free-diver.
   • These "no-limits" free dives are basically variable-weight dives, where the apneist descends pulled by a sliding weight, and ascends by inflating some air balloon. 1994 May 5, Olivier Devuns, “DEEP free-diver dies”, in rec.scuba (Usenet), retrieved 21 Sep 2022:
   • 3 Suplementos alimenticios para un apneista:: 1.- Antioxidantes 2.- Vitaminas A,C,E 3.- Probióticos 3 Food supplements for an apneist: 1.- Antioxidants 2.- Vitamins A, C, E 3.- Probiotics 2020 January 23, fridalemus, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2022:

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