weirdist

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noun

Someone who creates or enjoys weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").

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Meanings

nounweirdist (plural weirdists)

plural weirdists

  1. slanglifestyleSomeone who creates or enjoys weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").

    [Scott] Lynch provides plenty of historical and cultural information reminiscent of new weirdists Steven Erikson and China Miéville, if not quite as outré.

    2006 May 22, “The Lies of Locke Lamora (review)”, in Publishers Weekly, Lincolnshire, I.L.: PWxyz, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 May 2023

Origin

From weird + -ist.

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APA

weirdist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weirdist

MLA

“weirdist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weirdist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weirdist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weirdist.

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