mystery-mongern.
/ˈmɪst(ə)rɪˌmʌŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈmɪst(ə)riˌmɑŋɡər/, /ˈmɪst(ə)riˌməŋɡər/ derogatory.
A person who makes mysteries out of things; a person who cultivates or encourages mystery or mystification.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner > who bamboozles
banterer1709
bamboozler1712
mystery-monger1772
mystifier1821
mystificator1823
mystifica1849
prestidigitator1870
1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 362 He was..a whisperer, and a mystery-monger [Sp. mysterioso].
1826 J. H. Reynolds in T. Hood & J. H. Reynolds Odes & Addr. 42 Thou mystery-monger, Dealing it out like middle cut of salmon, That people buy and can't make head or tail of it.
1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 20 417 Clairvoyants, rappists, connoisseurs in ghostology, and such-like mystery-mongers.
1885 Expositor 1 Sept. 191 We are no muttering mystery-mongers.
1937 V. Woolf Years 441 He's a priest, a mystery monger.
1993 Guardian 9 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 14/1 Our century..has been even harsher on the organicists and constitutional mystery-mongers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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