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单词 odontist
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odontistn.

Brit. /əʊˈdɒntɪst/, /ɒˈdɒntɪst/, U.S. /oʊˈdɑn(t)əst/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀδόντ- , ὀδούς , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀδόντ-, ὀδούς tooth n. + -ist suffix.
Now historical.
J. G. Lockhart's humorous word for: a dentist.
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tooth-drawer1393
operator1598
dentist1759
dentologist1760
tooth-doctor1767
odontist1819
tooth-puller1839
dental surgeon1840
gum-digger1941
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 607 It was Dr. Scott, the celebrated Odontist of Glasgow.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 214 His Majesty's Odontist had disappeared.
1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 752/2 Dr Scott, the unlucky ‘Odontist’—a dentist whom Lockhart..selected as the mouthpiece of some of his own most sparkling contributions, till the victim..was brought to believe that he was in reality a distinguished literary genius.
1936 Mod. Lang. Notes 51 496 A variety of miscellaneous characters, including Dr. Scott the Odontist.
1992 ELH 59 630 Lockhart, in making up the character of the Odontist, used many of the bodily James Scott's personal things.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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