Marinist

1 of 2

noun (1)

Ma·​ri·​nist

-ēnə̇st

plural -s

: one given to Marinism

disdaining the folly of the Marinists

—Edmund Gosse

marinist

2 of 2

noun (2)

ma·​rin·​ist

məˈrēnə̇st

plural -s

: one who holds certain features of the earth's surface to be due to marine action rather than the action of other natural forces (as wind, rain, or frost)

every line of escarpments was held by the marinists to be the work of sea waves

—Popular Science Monthly

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Italian marinista, from Giambattista Marini + Italian -ista -ist

Noun (2)

marine entry 2 + -ist

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