Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossilist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-silist
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fossil collector, or a paleontologist.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"In a work lately published by an eminent fossilist, I have met with an opinion, that all the spoils of terrestrial and submarine productions which we find buried in the strata in this country over the chalk, have been transported from distant climates, and have been deposited in a tumultuous manner by some great convulsion that blended them in one common grave."

Etymology

From fossil + -ist.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

fossilists (plural)

Synonyms

paleontologist palaeontologist

Questions

What does fossilist mean?: A fossil collector, or a paleontologist.
Where does fossilist come from?: From fossil + -ist.

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