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Verbalist

Verbalist \Ver"bal*ist\, n. A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist.

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verbalist

n. 1 One who possesses verbal or oratorical skill. 2 One who favors words or the wording of something over its meaning or the idea behind it.

Usage examples of "verbalist".

But between the real but obscure knowledge of the mystic and the clear but unreal knowledge of the verbalist, lies the clearish and realish knowledge of the naturalist and the man of science.

What to the ostentatious smuggling verbalists are the thoughts of thinkers but Loose-Fish?

What to the ostentatious smuggling verbalists are the thoughts of thinkers but LooseFish?