There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoographist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1870s.
Earliest known use
mid 1700s
The earliest known use of the noun zoographist is in the mid 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoographist is from 1749, in the writing of Benjamin Martin, lecturer on science and maker of scientific instruments.
Nearby entries
- zoogloeal, adj.1879–
- zoogloeic, adj.1883–
- zoogonic, adj.1787–
- zoogonidium, n.1857–
- zoogony, n.1675–
- zoograph, n.1623
- zoographer, n.1646–
- zoographic, adj.1741–
- zoographical, adj.1651–
- zoographically, adv.1835–
- zoographist, n.1749–1874
- zoography, n.1593–
- zoogyroscope, n.1880–
- zooid, n.1851–
- zooid, adj.1849
- zooidal, adj.1858–
- zooidogamous, adj.1891–
- zookeeper, n.1886–
- zookeeping, n.1929–
- Zookers, int.1620–
- Zooks, int.1600–
Formed within English, by derivation.
1749–1874
A person who produces descriptions of animals and their characteristics; =
zoographer n. 1.
1749
Zoographer or Zoographist, one who describes the natures, properties, forms, &c. of animals of any kind.
B. Martin, Lingua Britannica Reformata
1792
Depicted on the left of him, You see a Lion fierce and grim; And at his feet an animal, By Zoographist yclep'd Jackall.
‘C. Chantor’, Modern Independent Whig i. 13
1874
A botanist or zoographist, a mere describer of plants or animals.
Nature 11 June 105/2
A painter or artist who specializes in depictions of animals or living creatures. Also (chiefly with specific allusion to ancient Greek or Latin)…
A person who produces descriptions of animals and their characteristics; = zoographer, n. 1.
A painter of animals, as opposed to landscapes, portraits, narrative pictures, etc.
A painter or sculptor of animals; a writer of animal stories.
zoographist, n. was revised in June 2017.
zoographist, n. was last modified in July 2023.
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