vocabulist means the writer or maker of a vocabulary (dictionary or glossary); a lexicographer. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From Latin vocābulum (“vocable”) + -ist. In sense 3, probably after Middle French vocabuliste or its etymon New Latin vocābulista (“vocabulary”). With sense 1, compare French vocabuliste with the same meaning.
noun
- The writer or maker of a vocabulary (dictionary or glossary); a lexicographer.
- One who cultivates a large or impressive vocabulary.“There is not the least mystery about the meaning of the name of this river, the greenest vocabulist in the Algonquin tongue knows its meaning.”
- A dictionary or glossary.