timist

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/ˈtaɪmɪst/

noun

A performer who keeps good time.

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Meanings

nountimist (plural timists)

plural timists · alternative timeist

  1. obsoleteentertainmentA performer who keeps good time.
  2. obsoleteA timeserver.

    A Timist is a noune Adiective of the present tense. He hath no more of a conscience then Feare[…]

    1614, Thomas Overbury, Characters

Origin

From time + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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