abacistn.

Brit.

/ˈabəsɪst/, U.S.

/ˈæbəsəst/

Forms:

α. Middle English abaciste, 1700s– abacist.

β. 1700s–1800s abacista.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abacista.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin abacista arithmetician (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin abacus (see abacus n.) + -ista -ist suffix. Compare French †abachiste (a1607 in an apparently isolated attestation). With quot. a1387 compare quot. a1387 at abacus n. 1a.

A person who makes calculations using an abacus.

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > abacus > user of

abacista1387

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 69 (MED) Girebertus..took Agabus of Sarsyns and ȝaf rules þerynne, þat mowe unneþe be understonde of þe kunnyngeste men of þe craft; þe whiche craftes men beþ cleped abaciste [L. Vix ab acutis abacistis intelliguntur].

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Abacist, Abacista, in writers of the middle and barbarous ages, denotes an arithmetician, or accomptant.

1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. I. x. 357 John XV..learned the abacus from the Saracens of Spain, the rules of which..were scarcely understood by the most laborious Abacists.

1872 Wharton's Law Lexicon (ed. 5) Abacist or Abacista, a caster of accounts, an arithmetician.

1893 F. Cajori Hist. Math. (1894) 122 Indeed, the methods of adding, subtracting, and multiplying in vogue among the abacists agree substantially with those of to-day.

1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. 27 103 Like other abacists, Thurkil confines himself to multiplication, division, and fractions.

1955 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 16 Apr. 6/2 In a contest a Japanese abacist beat an American operating a modern calculating machine.

1997 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 52/2 By his own reckoning..Pecker's metamorphosis from pocket-protected abacist to hard-nosed publishing visionary has been relatively successful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abacist
释义	abacistn. Brit. /ˈabəsɪst/, U.S. /ˈæbəsəst/ Forms: α. Middle English abaciste, 1700s– abacist. β. 1700s–1800s abacista. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abacista. Etymology: < post-classical Latin abacista arithmetician (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin abacus (see abacus n.) + -ista -ist suffix. Compare French †abachiste (a1607 in an apparently isolated attestation). With quot. a1387 compare quot. a1387 at abacus n. 1a. A person who makes calculations using an abacus. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > abacus > user of abacista1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 69 (MED) Girebertus..took Agabus of Sarsyns and ȝaf rules þerynne, þat mowe unneþe be understonde of þe kunnyngeste men of þe craft; þe whiche craftes men beþ cleped abaciste [L. Vix ab acutis abacistis intelliguntur]. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Abacist, Abacista, in writers of the middle and barbarous ages, denotes an arithmetician, or accomptant. 1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. I. x. 357 John XV..learned the abacus from the Saracens of Spain, the rules of which..were scarcely understood by the most laborious Abacists. 1872 Wharton's Law Lexicon (ed. 5) Abacist or Abacista, a caster of accounts, an arithmetician. 1893 F. Cajori Hist. Math. (1894) 122 Indeed, the methods of adding, subtracting, and multiplying in vogue among the abacists agree substantially with those of to-day. 1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. 27 103 Like other abacists, Thurkil confines himself to multiplication, division, and fractions. 1955 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 16 Apr. 6/2 In a contest a Japanese abacist beat an American operating a modern calculating machine. 1997 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 52/2 By his own reckoning..Pecker's metamorphosis from pocket-protected abacist to hard-nosed publishing visionary has been relatively successful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1387
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