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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An imitator of Zoilus; one who practises Zoilism; a carping critic.

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  • “Gradually the worship of the Creator is grounding itself on general principles and Christian apologetics is slowly but surely mounting above the particularists, spreading & broader opinion, leaving to the antiquary and the zoilist the inaccuracies and inconsistencies of tradition.”

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1.

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  • jmjarmstrong JM encounters the odd zoilist and always yells at them 'aren't you an odd zoilist!!' Feb 24, 2009

  • sionnach a very nasty or rude critic, or one who enjoys finding faults. Mar 25, 2008

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