| 释义 |
ˈvowelist
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
†1. One who gives undue study to the vowel-points of the Hebrew scriptures. Obs.
1655Spurstowe Wels of Salvation 158 Vowalists and Letterists having little or no acquaintance with the deep things of God.
2. One who employs vowels for poetic effect.
1890in Athenæum 6 Sept. 334/2 The Glasgow Herald says ‘As a repetitionary vowelist Mr. Spratly is virtuous compared with Milton’. |