verbalist

American  

[vur-buh-list] / ˈvɜr bə lɪst /

noun

1. a person skilled in the use of words.

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

---

verbalist British  

/ 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

---

Other Word Forms

• verbalistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of verbalist

First recorded in 1600–10; verbal + -ist

Example Sentences

Summary: An extremely interesting case showing strong development of a tendency to swindling on the part of a young man of curiously unequal mental abilities, a subnormal verbalist.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William

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

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.