Anglistn.
/ˈaŋɡlɪst/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡlɪst/ Chiefly in or with reference to continental Europe: a student or scholar of English language or literature. Cf. Anglicist n. 1.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > study of English > one who
Anglicist1801
Anglist1888
1888 Jrnl. Educ. Jan. 32 The ‘Anglist’ is warned that he has yet stricter duties to fulfil than the ‘Germanist’. Most Anglists, it appears, in Germany conceive that they have done their duty if they have studied thoroughly Gothic, German, and English.
1930 K. Malone in English Jrnl. 19 640 On the Continent our subject is known as Anglistics..and a worker in it is called an Anglist.
1965 Language 41 167 They [sc. two books] are by two young scholars, each among the ablest and best-trained Anglists in his country.
1996 Mod. Lang. Rev. 91 943 His argument, that medieval English literature is heavily and profitably indebted to literature in French, is aimed at Anglists who have ignored the French tradition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1888- to fulfil one's mind
- to fulfil one's to bring one's mind to pass
- to full
- to full iwis
- to fumble about
- to fumble at
- to fumble for or after
- to fumble one's way
- to fumble the ball
- to fume and fuff
- to function on all cylinders
- to function on etc cylinders
- to function on four cylinders
- to function on six cylinders
- to fund up
- to funeral it
- to funk a person off
- to funk off
- to funk out
- to funk out of
- to funk the cobbler
- to funk up
- to fur up
- to furl asunder
- to furl in a body