zoonomist, n.

zoonomist
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# † zoonomistnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoonomist mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoonomist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1890s.

### Where does the noun zoonomist come from?

Earliest known use

1800s

The earliest known use of the noun zoonomist is in the 1800s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoonomist is from 1800, in Medical & Physical Journal.

### Nearby entries

1. -zoon, comb. form
2. zoonate, n. 1798–1857
3. zoonerythrin, n. 1882–
4. zoonic, adj. 1798–1853
5. zooning, n. 1885–
6. Zoonist, adj. 1890–97
7. zoonite, n. 1838–
8. zoonitic, adj. 1860–91
9. zoonomic, adj. 1836–
10. zoonomical, adj. 1800–
11. zoonomist, n.1800–99
12. zoonomy, n. 1800–
13. zoonosis, n. 1873–
14. zoonosologist, n. 1860–
15. zoonosology, n. 1845–
16. zoonotic, adj. 1877–
17. zoon politikon, n. 1895–
18. zoonters, int. a1763–
19. zoo-organic, adj. 1821–90
20. zoopathologist, n. 1898–
21. zoopathology, n. 1841–

## Etymology

In quot. 1800 probably after German †Zoonomist (1798 in the work reviewed).

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1800–99
   An expert in zoonomy; a person who studies zoonomy.
   1. 1800

      > The Zoonomist must endeavour to avoid all partial and incomplete explanations.

      Medical & Physical Journal vol. 3 282
   2. 1893

      > Dr. Stirling..compares the illustrious savant of the nineteenth century with his decidedly ridiculous ancestor—the zoonomist.

      Athenæum 19 August 248/3
   3. 1899

      > Zoonomist, one versed in zoonomy.

      G. M. Gould, Dictionary Med., Biol. & Allied Science (ed. 4) 1631/1
   life sciences
   1. physiologist 1666–
      An expert in or student of physiology (cf. physiology, n. 2).
   2. physiologer a1697–
      = physiologist, n. 2. Now rare.
   3. zoonomist 1800–99
      An expert in zoonomy; a person who studies zoonomy.
   4. physiologian 1825–67
      = physiologist, n. (in both senses).
   5. physiologue 1877–
      = physiologist, n. (in both senses).
   6. biophysiologist 1882–
      An expert or specialist in biophysiology.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoonomy, n.

zoonomy, n. was revised in June 2017.