verbalist

[ vur-buh-list ]
/ ˈvɜr bə lɪst /

noun

a person skilled in the use of words.
a person who is more concerned with words than with ideas or reality.

Origin of verbalist

First recorded in 1600–10; verbal + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM verbalist

ver·bal·is·tic, adjective

Words nearby verbalist

verbal adjective, verbal auxiliary, verbal irony, verbal noun, verbalism, verbalist, verbality, verbalize, verbascum, verbatim, verbatim et literatim

Example sentences from the Web for verbalist

  • Three days agone I would have tilted at it once more with all the untutored zeal of a verbalist.

    The Yeoman Adventurer |George W. Gough

British Dictionary definitions for verbalist

verbalist
/ (ˈvɜːbəlɪst) /

noun

a person who deals with words alone, rather than facts, ideas, feeling, etc
a person skilled in the use of words