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aggadist

noun ag·ga·dist \ ə-ˈgä-dist , ä- , -ˈgȯ- \

variants: or less commonly haggadist play \hə-ˈgä-dist, hä-, -ˈgȯ-\

Definition of aggadist

plural aggadists also haggadists

: a writer, scholar, or teacher of Aggadah

As well as being a great expounder of the oral law, he was a prolific and profound aggadist.
—Judith Z. Abrams, The Talmud for Beginners, Volume 2, 1993

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Origin and Etymology of aggadist

aggadah +¹-ist

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