I am not enough of an etymologist to give you the root of the word. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850] Reference
I am no etymologist, but I was using AGNOSTIC in the sense of being NOT GNOSTIC. From Wordnik.com. [To Browsing Undergraduates « Climate Audit] Reference
What ensued would have thrown any aspiring etymologist into transports of rapture. From Wordnik.com. [The Lonely Sea]
I guess that's just another example of the wild and unpredictable world of the etymologist. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology] Reference
This answer lies within the realm of "folk etymology," since I am not a trained etymologist. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Dire Wolf"] Reference
I would have solved the problem by demonstrating that the use of the term “etymologist” was intentional, as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip.] Reference
But our etymologist will readily perceive this to be a mere abbreviation, and that they must originally have been known as. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829] Reference
It is interesting to the etymologist for the important share it has taken in naturalising useful foreign words into our speech. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Hmmm, if your editor cant differentiate between entomologist and etymologist then I think you need to scale his powers back a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip.] Reference
We'll leave it up to France's budding etymologist to decide whether his maneuvering should be labeled "invertebrate" or "spineless.". From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Retreat] Reference
Another etymologist is for deriving it from the Latin. From Wordnik.com. [Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
Any etymologist will tell you "threepeat" isn't a word. From Wordnik.com. [pjstar.com Home RSS] Reference
The derivation might startle any but a professed etymologist. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1] Reference
Born: Richard Chenevix Trench, dean of Westminster, etymologist, 1807. From Wordnik.com. [The Pink Flamingo] Reference
If you come across a doubtful case, ask your neighborhood etymologist. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 1] Reference
The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
Esophagus is a puzzle, and (so spelt) something of a trap for the would-be etymologist. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 3] Reference
Account for the imperfect success of Varro as an etymologist, and illustrate by examples. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
The boy who propounded this evidently had much of the stock in trade required for the popular etymologist. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Blunders] Reference
He was also an etymologist, from which may have sprung Chessex's love of precision in his poetry and prose. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
As an amateur etymologist perhaps I may be allowed somewhat more latitude for speculation than the academician. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1] Reference
But Horne Tooke, in his zeal as an etymologist, forgot altogether to attend to the construction of the passage. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
He had no desire to be a poet, an Indo-Iranian etymologist, a lecturer to women's clubs, or the secretary of state. From Wordnik.com. [Free Air] Reference
The marquis was not etymologist enough to understand Malcolm's poor pun, and doubtless thought it worse than it was. From Wordnik.com. [Malcolm] Reference
The expression "That'll be the day" had actually been floating around American pop culture for a couple of decades - etymologist. From Wordnik.com. [Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition] Reference
The etymologist can of course still trace its origin, but as far as anybody else is concerned, its antecedents are of no consequence. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 4] Reference
Are you going to be an etymologist when you grow up? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
Well, you’re obviously not an etymologist: slan·der. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Poll: Tea partiers afraid of ‘big government’ want the government to create jobs and rein in Wall Street.] Reference
I’m no etymologist either, I am however a devout agnostic. From Wordnik.com. [To Browsing Undergraduates « Climate Audit] Reference
I don’t care what Merriam, Webster, or any other etymologist says about chocolate covered crickets. From Wordnik.com. [Aroma Coffee and Tea Co. - Top 10 Words Food Writers Should Avoid] Reference
The etymologist Ernest Weekley said of Shakespeare. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 4] Reference
The fact is that the word could have been used long before your date, and any true etymologist, not you, would acknowledge it. ". From Wordnik.com. Reference
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