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单词 alopecist
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alopecistn.

Brit. /əˈlɒpᵻsɪst/, U.S. /əˈlɑpəsəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alopecia n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < alopecia n. + -ist suffix.
A person who treats, or claims to cure or prevent, baldness.
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1882 Notes & Queries 21 Jan. 47/1 Quotations wanted for the New English Dictionary of the Philological Society... Instances of any date of alogic, alogotrophy, aloid, alomancy, aloose, alopecist, [etc.].
1895 Boston Daily Globe 4 May 10/2 (advt.) Geo. Lang, Boston's famous alopecist and author of a book entitled ‘A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Baldness’.
1938 Art Digest 15 Dec. 28/2 In picking the winner, ‘painters who can paint and best represent the character of the last twenty years’, Sadakichi prays that he is ‘not engaged in a foolish undertaking, as that of an alopecist’.
1986 C. Corbett Vacationland ix. 49 Berlitz..was now ensconced in the groves of academe.., chairman of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and an internationally regarded alopecist.
2007 A. Lykiard Judging by Disappearances 57 Outrageous offer, but nevertheless endless fun, For no one says how long or carefully each hero must persist, Obeying the sheer cheek of a lady alopecist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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