Etymology

allegorist

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Today it means: One who speaks in, or writes, allegories. Full definition →

Latin allēgorista
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromallēgorista
  2. English todayallegorist

Learned borrowing from Latin allēgorista. By surface analysis, allegory + -ist.

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