singularist
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editsingularist (plural singularists)
- (obsolete) One who affects singularity.
- a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Provide things honest in the Sight of all Men”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
- a clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “singularist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)