comedist

[kom-i-dist]

noun

1. a writer of comedies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comedist¹

First recorded in 1810–20; comed(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

The question is not exactly new, but it has rarely been posed more deftly and disarmingly than in the 21st work of the wistful comedist A.R.

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All these people see themselves as morally normal -- and playwright Alan Ayckbourn, Britain's leading comedist, plainly thinks they are.

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The ability to find humor in unlikely places, then shift emotional gears with no machinery showing, makes Simon a great comedist.

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