verbalist
[ vur-buh-list ]
noun
a person skilled in the use of words.
a person who is more concerned with words than with ideas or reality.
Origin of verbalist
1Other 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
a person who deals with words alone, rather than facts, ideas, feeling, etc
a person skilled in the use of words
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