vocabulist
- noun
- /voʊˈkæbjəlɪst/
- Archaic
- Before modern dictionaries, people often used a vocabulist to learn new words.
Examples
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He compiled his own vocabulist to help students understand regional dialects.
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My grandfather had a vocabulist on his shelf.
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The scholar found a rare vocabulist from the 18th century in the library archives.
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Have you ever seen a vocabulist in a library?
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The scholar found a rare vocabulist from the 18th century in the library archives.
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Before modern dictionaries, people often used a vocabulist to learn new words.
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He compiled his own vocabulist to help students understand regional dialects.
Synonyms
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1.0
An ordered set of names or things for reference
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1.0
A book or website that lists words and shows their meanings
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4.4
A list of important words in a book with short explanations
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6.6
A book or database that lists words and their meanings
A book that lists words and their meanings
An old book that lists words with similar meanings
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
vocabulist = vocabulary (opaque) = vocab + ulist
The suffix '-ulist' is not a standard English suffix, making the word formation non-transparent.
Etymology
Vocabulist has vocab- from Latin vocabulum meaning 'word' and the ending -ist meaning 'connected with', and it was once used for a 'book of words' or word list, much like a small dictionary.