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rhymist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English rhyme 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 rhymist From rhyme + -ist.

Meanings

1. One who rhymes; an inferior poet.
   • His character of Dryden, who sometimes visited him, was, that he was a good rhymist, but no poet. 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, volume II, J. Nichols, page 139:

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