Meaning of wordster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who is skilled at using words; a wordsmith.
2. One who studies words.
3. One who uses words instead of actions; a hypocrite, a verbalist.
   derogatory

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Examples

“The toiler toils. The wordster words. And you say⟳ all your prayers in words. Toil is always alive. But words are dead.”

“The style is that of the trained reporter, ready and fluent; the craft of the wordster is here seen at its best.”

“So long has it been since Charles Cotton was a wit and a wordster that a short biographical notice⟳ well may precede any remarks about this book.”

“At his command, a team of authentically be-kilted wordsters has combed the highlands and islands of Scotland to bring⟳ you this, our tribute to a very special country.”

“I know⟳ a lie⟳ when I hear⟳ one, even from a wordster like⟳ you.”

“Quite how complete⟳ or relevant all this information is to professional wordsters remains to be seen, though desktop publishers will find⟳ hyphenation rules included […]”

“Wordsters of etymological persuasion also hope⟳ to be sitting in the catbird seat when it comes to locating the origins of colorful phrases.”

“It is not easy to analyse⟳ the personality of the [London County] Council, but it is a sharply-marked personality. […] It despises the wordster and the tonguester. It is, in short, a big committee rather than a Parliament.”

“He was a wordster, a dreamer; there was nothing at the back of his rose-colored ideas.”

“If [Alexander] Kerensky had been a man of insight and action, instead of being a wordster, if he had joined forces with Korniloff [Lavr Kornilov] instead of betraying him, quite another form⟳ of government would have⟳ been possible and operative in Russia to-day.”

“Why should the prospect, however remote, of a communist government in Vietnam cause us to panic. Mr. Menzies' alarm causes no surprise⟳; he lives in the past. In any case, he is a mere wordster, a trifler when it comes to foreign affairs, which have⟳ always been his Achilles heel.”

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