signaturist en · NOUN
Etymology
From signature + -ist.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A holder of the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.
Signaturists have somewhat advanced it; who seldom omitting what ancients delivered, drawing into inference received distinctions of sex[…]
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| signaturists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |