apneist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French apnéiste, Italian apneista, or Spanish apneísta. Equivalent to apnea +‎ -ist.

Noun

apneist (plural apneists)

1. (non-native speakers' English) A free-diver.
   • 1994 May 5, Olivier Devuns, “DEEP free-diver dies”, in rec.scuba‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-21:

     These "no-limits" free dives are basically variable-weight dives, where the apneist descends pulled by a sliding weight, and ascends by inflating some air balloon.

   • 2020 January 23, fridalemus, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-09-21:

     3 Suplementos alimenticios para un apneista::
     1.- Antioxidantes
     2.- Vitaminas A,C,E
     3.- Probióticos
     
     3 Food supplements for an apneist:
     1.- Antioxidants
     2.- Vitamins A, C, E
     3.- Probiotics

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:apneist.