metagrobologist

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noun

A person who studies puzzles.

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Meanings

nounmetagrobologist (plural metagrobologists)

plural metagrobologists

  1. humorousrareA person who studies puzzles.

    Magicians and metagrobologists around the world collect her illusions.

    2017, Susana Martinez-Conde, Champions of Illusion: The Science Behind Mind-Boggling Images and Mystifying Brain Puzzles
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    So metagrobology is the study of puzzles and metagrobologist an expert in such study.

    2015 August 17, Alex Bellos, “Can you solve it? Are you smarter than a metagrobologist?”, in The Guardian

Origin

Modern coinage from metagrobolize + -ologist. By surface analysis, metagrobol(ism) + -ize + -o- + -log + -ist. Popularized by David Singmaster.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

metagrobologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metagrobologist

MLA

“metagrobologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metagrobologist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metagrobologist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metagrobologist.

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