epistolistn.

Brit.

/ᵻˈpɪstəlɪst/,

/ᵻˈpɪstl̩ɪst/, U.S.

/ᵻˈpɪstələst/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin epistola , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin epistola epistle n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier epistler n. 2, epistoler n. 2, epistolizer n.

Now chiefly literary.

A person who writes epistles (in various senses).

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society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] > letter-writer

secretary1587

epistler1592

epistolizer1615

letter writer1615

epistoler1620

epistolographer1687

scribe1712

epistolist1743

epistolarian1807

epistolographist1818

epistolean1819

1743 E. Carter Let. 16 Apr. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 19 I am extremely obliged to you..for your account of the Italian epistolists.

1794 J. P. Andrews Hist. Great Brit. connected with Chronol. Europe I. 247 (note) ‘Quorum artem’ (continues the keen epistolist).

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 146 Detestable Dapple; Evil Epistolist; False Fellow.

1853 E. Miall Bases Belief (1861) iv. §10 These New Testament epistolists.

1912 H. Stokes Madame de Brinvilliers & her Times xxxii. 371 The witty and charming epistolist does not seem to have seen the actual execution.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Dec. vii. 1/1 Christmas belongs to the letter writers. It's the time when epistolists bring absent friends up to date.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epistolist
释义	epistolistn. Brit. /ᵻˈpɪstəlɪst/, /ᵻˈpɪstl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ᵻˈpɪstələst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin epistola , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin epistola epistle n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier epistler n. 2, epistoler n. 2, epistolizer n. Now chiefly literary. A person who writes epistles (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] > letter-writer secretary1587 epistler1592 epistolizer1615 letter writer1615 epistoler1620 epistolographer1687 scribe1712 epistolist1743 epistolarian1807 epistolographist1818 epistolean1819 1743 E. Carter Let. 16 Apr. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 19 I am extremely obliged to you..for your account of the Italian epistolists. 1794 J. P. Andrews Hist. Great Brit. connected with Chronol. Europe I. 247 (note) ‘Quorum artem’ (continues the keen epistolist). 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 146 Detestable Dapple; Evil Epistolist; False Fellow. 1853 E. Miall Bases Belief (1861) iv. §10 These New Testament epistolists. 1912 H. Stokes Madame de Brinvilliers & her Times xxxii. 371 The witty and charming epistolist does not seem to have seen the actual execution. 1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Dec. vii. 1/1 Christmas belongs to the letter writers. It's the time when epistolists bring absent friends up to date. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1743
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