Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obsolete forms of chemist, chemistry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who plays the
chimes .
Etymologies
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chime + -ist
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Examples
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Three of his favorites, chimist for chemist, neger for negro and zeber for zebra, are incidentally interesting as showing changes in American pronunciation.
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He abandoned zeber in 1828, but remained faithful to chimist and neger to the last.
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