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classicist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • klăsĭsĭst (General-American)
  • /ˈklæsɪsɪst/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English classicist From classic + -ist.

Meanings

  1. A classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture.
  2. A follower of classicism.

Forms

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Deriveds

classicistic

Translations (5)

fi klassisten kulttuurien tutkija (classical scholar) · fi klassisti (follower of classicism) · ru классици́ст (follower of classicism) · fi klassisten kielten tutkija (classical scholar) · ru классици́ст (classical scholar)