Marinist
1 of 2noun (1)
Ma·ri·nist
-ēnə̇st
plural -s
: one given to Marinism
disdaining the folly of the Marinists
Edmund Gosse
Edmund Gossemarinist
2 of 2noun (2)
ma·rin·ist
məˈrēnə̇st
plural -s
: one who holds certain features of the earth's surface to be due to marine action rather than the action of other natural forces (as wind, rain, or frost)
every line of escarpments was held by the marinists to be the work of sea waves Popular Science Monthly
Popular Science Monthly
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Italian marinista, from Giambattista Marini + Italian -ista -ist
Noun (2)
marine entry 2 + -ist