Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- One who talks or writes persistently on a single subject.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.
Etymologies
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monotony + -ist
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Examples
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He then took up a volume of Cook’s last Voyages, and sitting down on the opposite side began to read; which though rather a monotonist, he did in a sensible and entertaining manner, frequently stopping to make remarks, which were often new, and always judicious.
minerva commented on the word monotonist
If I ruin such a virtue, sayest thou?-- Eternal monotonist!
Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
December 11, 2007