quaternarist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English Quaternary 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 quaternarist From Quaternary + -ist.
Meanings
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A specialist in the Quaternary period.
Indeed, in recent years, the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) "abolished" the Quaternary, according to riled quaternarists.
2008 January 25, Richard A. Kerr, “A Time War Over the Period We Live In”, in Science, 319(5862), page 402:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quaternarists | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Quaternarist | alternative | lexicographic |