zodiographer, n.

zodiographer
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zodiographernoun

## Earlier version

- zodiographer in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zodiographer mean?

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

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the mid 1600s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zodiographer come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1600s

The only known use of the noun zodiographer is in the mid 1600s.

OED's only evidence for zodiographer is from 1650, in the writing of Sir Thomas Browne, physician and author.

zodiographer is a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.

Etymons: Greek ζῴδιον, ‑grapher comb. form.

### Nearby entries

1. zoarium, n. 1880–
2. zob, n. 1911–
3. zocalo, n. 1884–
4. zocco, n. 1664–1723
5. zocle, n. 1704–
6. zoco, n. 1892–
7. zodiac, n. 1390–
8. zodiacal, adj. 1576–
9. zodiac line, n. 1590
10. zodiac ring, n. 1895–
11. zodiographer, n.1650
12. zoea, n. 1828–
13. zoeal, adj.?1870–
14. zoetrope, n. 1866–
15. zographer, n. 1570
16. zography, n. 1570
17. zograscope, n. 1753–
18. Zohar, n. 1682–
19. zoic, adj. 1863–
20. -zoic, comb. form¹
21. -zoic, comb. form²

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.
Etymons: Greek ζῴδιον, ‑grapher comb. form.
< Greek ζῴδιον, diminutive of ζῷον animal (see zodiac n.) + ‑grapher comb. form.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete. rare.

1. 1650
   One who writes about or describes animals.
   1. 1650

      > Ancient Zodiographers, and such as have particularly discoursed upon Animals.

      Sir T. Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) v. i. 197
   animals
   1. zoographer 1646–
      A person who produces descriptions of animals and their characteristics; a descriptive zoologist; (in later use) esp. a zoogeographer. Cf. zoography…
   2. zodiographer 1650
      One who writes about or describes animals.
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zodiographer, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zodiographer, n. was last modified in July 2023.