neologizer

English

Alternative forms

• neologiser

Etymology

From neologize +‎ -er.

Noun

neologizer (plural neologizers)

1. Someone who neologizes; a coiner of new words.
   • 1999, Richard Lederer, The Miracle of Language, page 87:

     The most verbally innovative of our authors and our all-time champion neologizer, Shakespeare made up more than 8.5 percent of his written vocabulary.

   • 2002 August 25, Erin McKean, “THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 8-25-02: ON LANGUAGE; Neologist”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     For most words, the neologizer (or neologizers -- new words, like teenage trends or the calculus, are likely to pop up at the same time in very different places) is anonymous, although there are some exceptions.

Synonyms

• neologist