aeolist
/ˈiːəlɪst/(also eolist) rare
noun
A derogatory term for: a person who claims to speak with divine inspiration or who behaves as if inspired.
- In later use chiefly alluding to Swift..
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. From classical Latin Aeolus, the name of the ruler of the winds + -ist.
- nom de guerre
- nom de plume
- nom de theatre
- nom de théâtre
- nom de vente
- nome
- no-meaning
- no mean ——
- nomen
- nomen actionis
- nomen agentis
- nomen ambiguum
- nomenclate
- nomenclative
- nomenclator
- nomenclatorial
- nomenclatural
- nomenclaturalist
- nomenclaturally
- nomenclature
- nomenclaturist
- nomen confusum
- nomen conservandum
- nomen dubium
- nomenklatura