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quotationist

Noun CEFR C1
kwəʊˈteɪʃənɪst

Definitions

One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.

Examples

“Let⟳ the ſtatutes of God be turned over, be ſcann'd a new, and conſider'd not altogether by the narrow intellectuals of quotationiſts and common places[.]”
“As a quotationist he exceeds Old Burton. Quoting is with him a ‘sine qua nonniness’, a happy term[.]”
“[W]e conclude⟳ that being able to rattle other men's words from the pen's point⟳ or tongue's tip⟳, may make⟳ a clever quotationist[.]”
“By-the-by, you great Quotationist, you did not quote Terence rightly.”
“This chapter is becoming quite quotationist, which is one of Milton's words that didn't catch⟳ on.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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