† virtuoso-mastixn.
Obsolete.
A person who is hostile to scholars. Cf. virtuoso n. 1a.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent > one opposed to some person or thing
opponent1658
virtuoso-mastix1671
anti1814
warrer1836
against1843
reactionist1902
aginer1905
againster1919
nay-sayer1925
1671 J. Glanvill Præfatory Answer to Stubbe 100 He clapt his own Cap on the Virtuosi, and calls them Prattle-boxes..Persons of irreligious and dangerous Inclination... And when the Virtuoso-Mastix hath proved that these are not Complements [etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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n.1671- negates
- negating
- negation
- negation sign
- negational
- negationalist
- negationist
- negationists
- negations
- negatism
- negatival
- negative
- negative ad
- negative advertisement
- negative advertising
- negative after-image
- negative afterimage
- negative amortization
- negative booster
- negative buoyancy
- negative buoyant
- negative capability
- negative catalysis
- negative catalyst
- negative confession