timist

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

time +‎ -ist

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪmɪst/

Noun

timist (plural timists)

  1. (obsolete, music) A performer who keeps good time.
  2. (obsolete) A timeserver.
    • 1614, Thomas Overbury, Characters:
      A Timist is a noune Adiective of the present tense. He hath no more of a conscience then Feare […]

References

“timist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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