Meaning of amatorculist | Babel Free

Definitions

An insignificant lover.

formal, obsolete

Examples

“My own observation agrees with what Bradley tells us of these amatorculists:—“The manner of their meeting to couple is well worth observing; in dewy evenings, or after a shower of rain, they crawl upon the grass in a circular manner, making several rounds, till they come near enough to one another to hit thir design: I have observed them sometimes make above twenty turns before they could join."”

“Why, to tell you the truth, squire Randal, as to the amatorculist, and his vertiginous gilt piece of mutability, to such I have nothing to say, and with such I have nothing to do.”

“Fortunately for her, the judgment she is awaiting will depend in no degree upon her dramatic capabilities, good or bad. Lord Garmoyle has gone far away from the scene of his activity as an amatorculist.”

“There's a few amatorculists on the list, and he has no idea how one paints an amatorculist, let alone one that could be winsome.”

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