gremlinologist en · NOUN
Etymology
From gremlinology + -ist.
Meanings
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(humorous) A person skilled in the study of gremlins.
An expert gremlinologist (who claimed to be half-gremlin on his father's side and one of the few men still living who has seen the diaphanously draped curves of a gremlin-teaser) doubts that the gremlin's methods of propagation and elimination are at all orthodox.
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gremlinologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |