cubist

comparative more cubist · superlative most cubist

1. Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.

   On this particular evening, Masterman (the cubist poet) had brought a guest with him, a man named Varden.

   1928, Dorothy Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body

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   They sat on cubist sofas in full evening dress and allowed us to hand them thimbles of cherry brandy and to talk to them about their poetry.

   1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 85

   On the paper was traced the crude design of a human hand in red. “It looks like a hand,” he remarked. “But, if you say so, I’m quite prepared to admit that it’s a cubist picture of Sunset at the North Pole.”

   1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys

plural cubists

1. Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.

plural cubists

1. A player of Rubik's cube; a cuber.

   Being a new reader of this group and a novice cubist, I'm not familiar with either of these notations. Would someone please fill me in? Thanks in advance for the help.

   1992 May 5, SH...@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu, “Re: God's algorithm again for Rubiks Cube, was Re: combinatorial puzzl”, in rec.puzzles (Usenet)

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   […] as far as I know there is no standard word describing the art of playing with the cube. Cubing? Cubistics? Rubikonomia? or perhaps Rubikomania? Can the science (or art) of doing it be called “cubology”, as suggested by Scientific American? Some enthusiasts borrow “cubism” and call themselves “cubists”, all very reminiscent of the 1920s three dimensional, modern art phase.

   [1982 March 18, Stephan Sulyak, “Review: The magic cube (A Büvös Kocka)”, in New Scientist, volume 93, number 1297, →ISSN, page 734

   Synonyms: Rubik's cubist

plural Cubists · alternative cubist

1. artAn artist who works in the style of cubism.

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   To the world at large, relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the 1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian David Cassidy calls "the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene--the fall of monarchies, the upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century."

   1999 December 27, Frederic Golden, “Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Person of the century”, in CNN

alternative cubist

1. not comparableOf, or pertaining to cubism.

   Her most notable feature is her eyes, which are distinctly uneven—the left one is a good quarter-inch higher than the right. Despite this Cubist touch, Shannen's face is particularly inexpressive.

   1993 November 28, Lynn Hirschberg, “Brat on a Hot Tin Roof”, in Vanity Fair