myalistn.
/ˈmʌɪəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈmaɪələst/, Caribbean English /ˈmaialɪst/, /ˈmailɪst/ Chiefly Jamaican.
A person who believes in or practises myalism.
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1851 G. Blyth Reminisc. Missionary Life iv. 175 Sometimes the Myalists meet in large companies, generally at night.
1889 P. A. Bruce Plantation Negro viii. 123 A Myalist outbreak meant the repression of the malignant influences of Obeah.
1986 O. P. Adisa Duppy get Her in Caribbean New Wave (1990) 8 Miss Maud, the community myalist—healer—returns to her backyard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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