sinecurist means the beneficiary of a sinecure. It carries an Arena rating of 1348, earned across 5 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sinecurist ranks #3,598 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #6,625 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #8,584 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #9,138 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “sinecurist” is a great word
A person who occupies a position of nominal employment, receiving a salary or profit for duties that are negligible or entirely absent. The word is from English *sinecure*, from Medieval Latin *(beneficium) sine cūrā*, "(benefice) without care (of souls)", and the English agent-noun suffix *-ist*. Unlike a 'beneficiary,' who may receive advantages from any source, or an 'officeholder,' who implies actual function, the sinecurist is defined by the quiet scandal of reward without labor. It is the distant relative drawing a colonial pension, the minor aristocrat napping through his ceremonial post, the bishop’s son installed as a canon for a diocese he could not find on a map—a testament to the human capacity to prosper from organized nothingness.
noun
- The beneficiary of a sinecure.
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