fictionistn.
/ˈfɪkʃn̩ɪst/, /ˈfɪkʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˈfɪkʃənəst/, /ˈfɪkʃnəst/ A narrator of or writer of fiction; a story-teller, novelist.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > novelist
novelist1633
lady novelist1684
novel-writer1728
novel-wright1779
fictionist1829
novel-puffer1841
noveller1859
novel-spinner1862
novel-maker1863
1829 Westm. Rev. 11 490 He stands among the foremost of the prose fictionists of the hour.
1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) II. 402 The stories of the popular and oral fictionist in the bazaars of the Mussulman.
1875 M. Pattison in Macmillan's Mag. July 238/2 Some of our fictionists have left this traditional groove.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1829- selffinanced
- selffinancing
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- selfflagellation
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- selfflatterer
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- selffond
- selffondness
- selfforgetful
- selfforgetfully
- selfforgetfulness
- selfforgetting
- selfformation
- selfformed
- selffriction
- selfful
- selffulfilling
- selffulfilling prophecy
- selffulfilment
- selffull
- selffullness
- selffulness