gremlinologist

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noun

A person skilled in the study of gremlins.

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Meanings

noungremlinologist (plural gremlinologists)

plural gremlinologists

  1. humorousA person skilled in the study of gremlins.

    An expert gremlinologist (who claimed to be half-gremlin on his father's side and one of the few men still living who has seen the diaphanously draped curves of a gremlin-teaser) doubts that the gremlin's methods of propagation and elimination are at all orthodox.

    1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 107

Origin

From gremlinology + -ist.

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APA

gremlinologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gremlinologist

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“gremlinologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gremlinologist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gremlinologist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gremlinologist.

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