Definition of deltiologist in English:
deltiologist
nounˌdɛltɪˈɒlədʒɪstˌdeltēˈäləjəst
A person who collects postcards as a hobby.
Example sentencesExamples
- As any deltiologist worth his stamps will tell you, the modern photographic picture postcard entered the world a few months after it was vacated by Queen Victoria.
- The final comment on this postcard must be from the point of view of a deltiologist.
- Links to other sites that may be of interest to deltiologists and collectors of coins, stamps, photographs,
- If any deltiologists care to unearth the details and send them my way, the information will be posted with credit and gratitude.
- I'm not a very serious deltiologist, but I do collect a few things.
Derivatives
noun
These materials clearly suggest the extent to which deltiology is driven not by art historians and museum professionals but by amateur and professional collectors.
Example sentencesExamples
- Deltiology, the study of postcards, can involve the analysis of pigments, rag content of card stock, and other measurable parameters to determine the age of particular images.
- In the period before the First World War, deltiology was the largest collecting hobby.
- As I understand it there is quite a bit of good deltiology literature available, so you may want to hunt for that to get more detailed information.
Origin
1940s: from Greek deltion (diminutive of deltos 'writing tablet') + -logist.