Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds to the doctrine of signatures. See
signature , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One who holds to the
doctrine ofsignatures impressed upon objects,indicative ofcharacter or qualities.
Etymologies
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signature + -ist
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Gammerstang commented on the word signaturist
(noun) - One who holds the "doctrine of signatures" . . . by which it was formerly supposed a plant's nature or medicinal use was pointed out.
--Joseph Worcester's Dictionary of the English Language, 1881
January 19, 2018