metallistn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtəlɪst/,

/ˈmɛtl̩ɪst/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdl̩əst/

Forms: 1600s– metallist, 1700s metalist.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Italian. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian metallista ; Latin metallum , -ist suffix.

Etymology: Either < Italian metallista (Florio, 1611: see quot. 1611 at sense 1), or independently < classical Latin metallum metal n. + -ist suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek τὰ μετάλλιστα metallic medicines (Galen).

†1. = metallurgist n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun]

metal man1566

metallist1611

metallurgist1670

metalworker1851

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Metallísta A Metallist, a founder of metals.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xii. 336 Iron (as Metallists expresse it) consisting of impure Mercury and combust sulphur, becomes of a darke and sad complexion.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 7 Metalists use a kind of Tarrace in their Vessels for fining of Mettals.

1834 Oxf. Univ. Mag. 1 411 A cautious metallist from Cornwall demanded fiercely what a stratum was.

†a. An advocate of the use of a specified metal as currency. Cf. bimetallist n., monometallist n., symmetallist n. at symmetallism n. Derivatives. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1886 Science 23 July 75/1 He has recently reaped a golden harvest by carrying out the principles of the silver metallists.

b. Economics. An advocate of metal coinage as the principal or sole currency; spec. an adherent of the theory of metallism. Frequently historical.

ΚΠ

1921 Econ. Jrnl. 31 241 The disputes..between the so-called nominalists and metallists.

1927 Observer 14 Aug. 4 Helfferich was what his teacher, Knapp, called a metallist.

1938 Amer. Econ. Rev. 28 316 No economist, with the possible exception of the most doctrinaire metallists, have ever expressed any other opinion.

1974 Explor. Econ. Hist. 11 228 While not all Jacksonians were Metallists, or vice versa, the Jacksonian Metallists sought to purge the currency of small bank notes and replace them with gold and silver coins.

1991 Econ. Jrnl. 101 407 The authors argue that Ricardo, unlike Marx, was no ‘metallist’, that is, he never applied the labour theory of value to the monetary metal to determine the general price level.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metallist
释义	metallistn. Brit. /ˈmɛtəlɪst/, /ˈmɛtl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɛdl̩əst/ Forms: 1600s– metallist, 1700s metalist. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Italian. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian metallista ; Latin metallum , -ist suffix. Etymology: Either < Italian metallista (Florio, 1611: see quot. 1611 at sense 1), or independently < classical Latin metallum metal n. + -ist suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek τὰ μετάλλιστα metallic medicines (Galen). †1. = metallurgist n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] metal man1566 metallist1611 metallurgist1670 metalworker1851 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Metallísta A Metallist, a founder of metals. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xii. 336 Iron (as Metallists expresse it) consisting of impure Mercury and combust sulphur, becomes of a darke and sad complexion. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 7 Metalists use a kind of Tarrace in their Vessels for fining of Mettals. 1834 Oxf. Univ. Mag. 1 411 A cautious metallist from Cornwall demanded fiercely what a stratum was. 2. †a. An advocate of the use of a specified metal as currency. Cf. bimetallist n., monometallist n., symmetallist n. at symmetallism n. Derivatives. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1886 Science 23 July 75/1 He has recently reaped a golden harvest by carrying out the principles of the silver metallists. b. Economics. An advocate of metal coinage as the principal or sole currency; spec. an adherent of the theory of metallism. Frequently historical. ΚΠ 1921 Econ. Jrnl. 31 241 The disputes..between the so-called nominalists and metallists. 1927 Observer 14 Aug. 4 Helfferich was what his teacher, Knapp, called a metallist. 1938 Amer. Econ. Rev. 28 316 No economist, with the possible exception of the most doctrinaire metallists, have ever expressed any other opinion. 1974 Explor. Econ. Hist. 11 228 While not all Jacksonians were Metallists, or vice versa, the Jacksonian Metallists sought to purge the currency of small bank notes and replace them with gold and silver coins. 1991 Econ. Jrnl. 101 407 The authors argue that Ricardo, unlike Marx, was no ‘metallist’, that is, he never applied the labour theory of value to the monetary metal to determine the general price level. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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