istn.
A professor of some ism; a holder of some special doctrine, or adherent of some system; a votary of, or expert in, a particular science, art, or pursuit. Chiefly used in a context suggesting some group of words in -ist, and often disparagingly or humorously.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority > adherent of particular specialism
ist1811
ologist1839
ismatic1888
1811 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley (1858) I. 373 He is nothing,—no ‘ist’, professes no ‘-ism’ but superbism and irrationalism.
1835 T. Carlyle Let. 4 June in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1981) VIII. 137 I am neither Pagan nor Turk, nor circumcised Jew, but an unfortunate Christian individual resident at Chelsea..neither Pantheist nor Pottheist, nor any Theist or ist whatsoever; having the most decided contem[pt] for all manner of System-builders and Sectfounders.
1841 T. Carlyle in R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) Pref. p. x Ists and Isms are rather growing a weariness.
1875 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life III. 253 We must not take every great physicist—or other ‘ist’—for an apostle.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. xiv. 257 A dreamy 'ist of some sort, or too deeply steeped in some false kind of 'ism.
1897 Literature 27 Nov. 186 We are at a loss in what ‘ist’ his name shall terminate.
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† istint.
Obsolete.
An exclamation used to call attention, or to enjoin silence: cf. hist int. (In quot. 1540 as n.)
ΘΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [interjection]
silence?c1225
peacec1390
whista1425
softlya1500
softc1500
husht1532
ist1540
st1552
soft and peace1576
pocas palabras1592
isse1598
hist1599
whish1635
whisht1684
quiet1814
fusht1816
pax1843
sh1847
pst1863
ciunas1987
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
sirs1816
how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
ouch1838
pfui1838
suz1844
shoo1845
yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) D vj If it go a stray,..calle it ageyne, as it were with a lyttel ist.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Houische,..husht, whist, ist, not a word for your life.
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