verbalist

[ vur-buh-list ]

noun
  1. a person skilled in the use of words.

  2. a person who is more concerned with words than with ideas or reality.

Origin of verbalist

1
First recorded in 1600–10; verbal + -ist

Other words from verbalist

  • ver·bal·is·tic, adjective

Words Nearby verbalist

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How to use verbalist in a sentence

  • Three days agone I would have tilted at it once more with all the untutored zeal of a verbalist.

    The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. Gough

British Dictionary definitions for verbalist

verbalist

/ (ˈvɜːbəlɪst) /


noun
  1. a person who deals with words alone, rather than facts, ideas, feeling, etc

  2. a person skilled in the use of words

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