metaphysician

[met-uh-fuh-zish-uh n]

noun

Also met·a·phys·i·cist

[met-uh-fiz-uh-sist] /ˌmɛt əˈfɪz ə sɪst/.

Origin of metaphysician

1425–75; late Middle English metaphisicien, probably < Middle French metaphysicien, equivalent to metaphysique metaphysic + -ien -ian

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In these days a heroine need not be amoralist, but she must be a metaphysician.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
He was rather a great judge of metaphysical power than a metaphysician.
Leading Articles on Various Subjects
Hugh Miller
For he, like the metaphysician, believes in the reality of that which absorbs his own mind.
Cratylus
Plato
Forgive me; I know you are a metaphysician and a moral philosopher, and you'll appreciate this.
Audrey Craven
May Sinclair
There he has aptly described him as a "logician, metaphysician and bard."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson

Word Origin and History for metaphysician

1590s, from Middle French métaphysicien (14c.); see metaphysics + -ian.