vocabulist

== English == === Etymology === From Latin vocābulum (“vocable”) +‎ -ist. In sense 3, probably after Middle French vocabuliste or its etymon New Latin vocābulista (“vocabulary”). With sense 1, compare French vocabuliste with the same meaning. === Noun === vocabulist (plural vocabulists) The writer or maker of a vocabulary (dictionary or glossary); a lexicographer. One who cultivates a large or impressive vocabulary. Synonym: vocabularian (obsolete) A dictionary or glossary. === References === “vocabulist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.