verbalist

[ vur-buh-list ]

noun

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

verbalist

/ ˈvɜːbəlɪst /

noun

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

Other Words From

• verbal·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of verbalist¹

First recorded in 1600–10; verbal + -ist

Example Sentences

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

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