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Etymology

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tonal +‎ -ist

Noun

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tonalist (plural tonalists)

  1. An artist working in the style of tonalism.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 115:
      Bradly blinked a moment, the tonalist in him confused at charming presentation of her femininity, which appeared to have forgotten the prudery that refused to undress before her grandmother in the hut.