Etymology: < Greek σπερμολόγος gathering seeds, also figurative picking up news, gossiping.
Obsolete. rare.
A gatherer of seeds. In quot. 1676figurative.
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1676 A. MarvellMr. Smirke sig. F3v Whereas there are some Few among the Few, such Spermologers, that unless a grain of Faith fall down, by the by, from Heaven, your seed is Barren.
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