Zolaistnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun Zolaist mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun Zolaist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Entry status
OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.
How common is the noun Zolaist?
| 1880 | 0.0015 |
| 1890 | 0.0019 |
| 1900 | 0.0021 |
| 1910 | 0.0029 |
| 1920 | 0.0032 |
| 1930 | 0.0032 |
| 1940 | 0.0032 |
| 1950 | 0.0031 |
| 1960 | 0.0028 |
| 1970 | 0.0023 |
| 1980 | 0.0013 |
| 1990 | 0.0011 |
| 2000 | 0.0008 |
| 2010 | 0.0007 |
Where does the noun Zolaist come from?
Earliest known use
1880s
The earliest known use of the noun Zolaist is in the 1880s.
OED's only evidence for Zolaist is from 1886, in the Athenaeum.
Nearby entries
- Zoilus, n.1565–
- zoisite, n.1805–
- zoism, n.1900–
- zoist, n.1843–
- zoistic, adj.1849–
- zoite, n.1963–
- -zoite, comb. form
- zol, n.1946–
- Zolaesque, adj.1886–
- Zolaism, n.1882–
- Zolaist, n.1886–
- Zolaize, v.1886–
- Zollinger–Ellison syndrome, n.1956–
- Zöllner, n.1890–
- zollverein, n.1843–
- zolotnik, n.1783–
- zombie, n.1788–
- zombie apocalypse, n.1982–
- zombied, adj.1972–
- zombie-esque, adj.1946–
- zombie-like, adj. & adv.1932–
Meaning & use
- 1886–One who studies or approves of the writings of Zola.Stressed as ˈZolaist.
- 1886
Even the Zolaist has to remember that ‘art is art because it is not nature’.
Athenæum 30 January 161/2
society leisure the arts literature literary world [nouns] imitation or admiration of specific writer follower or student of specific writer- Tacitist1656–A student or follower of Tacitus.
- Johnsonian1778–An admirer, imitator, or student of Samuel Johnson or his work.
- Richardsonian1778–An admirer or student of Samuel Richardson or his work.
- Miltonist1830–A student of or expert in the works of Milton; one who admires or is influenced by Milton.
- Voltairean1842–A follower or adherent of Voltaire in respect of opinions or the manner of expressing them; one whose views on social and religious questions are…
- Dickensite1849–An admirer or student of Charles Dickens or his work; = Dickensian, n.
- Shakespearolater1875–A worshipper of Shakespeare.
- Cervantist1881–A student or admirer of Cervantes.
- Rabelaisian1882–A student or admirer of Rabelais or his writings; a person with a Rabelaisian attitude to life.
- Dickensian1885–An admirer or student of Charles Dickens or his work.
- Peacockian1886–An admirer or student of Peacock or his writing.
- Zolaist1886–One who studies or approves of the writings of Zola.
- Meredithian1892–An admirer or student of George Meredith or his work.
- Hardyan1896–An admirer or student of Thomas Hardy or his writing.
- Janeite1896–= Austenite, n.
- Stevensonian1897–Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of R. L. Stevenson or his writings. Also as n., an admirer of R. L. Stevenson or of his writings.
- Kiplingite1898–An admirer of Kipling; as adj., characteristic of Kipling.
- Hazlittian1902–An admirer or student of Hazlitt or his work.
- Austenite1903–An admirer of Jane Austen's writings.
- Balzacian1905–An authority on or student of the writings of Balzac.
- Shavian1905–An admirer or follower of G. B. Shaw. (In quot. 1921: a character of Shaw's.)
- Boswellian1908–A student or admirer of Boswell.
- Jacobite1909–An admirer of Henry James (1843–1916). Cf. Jacobean, adj. A.3.
- Thackerayan1909–An admirer of Thackeray or his works.
- Trollopian1910–A student or admirer of Anthony Trollope or his writings.
- Wellsian1916–An admirer or imitator of H. G. Wells or his work.
- Proustian1919–An admirer or imitator of Marcel Proust, esp. as regards his semi-autobiographical novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27).
- Sitwellian1920–A member of the literary and artistic circle of the Sitwells (see sense A); an admirer of the Sitwells or their circle.
- Pirandellist1925–A follower, admirer, or imitator of Pirandello.
- Thoreauvian1927–One who admires the writings or shares the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau (1817–62), U.S. naturalist and writer.
- Walpolian1927–An admirer of Horace Walpole.
- Austenian1928–= Austenite, n.
- Stendhalian1928–A follower or devotee of Stendhal or his works.
- Poeist1929–A student or admirer of Edgar Allan Poe or his work.
- Morrisite1936–A follower or adherent of the socialist political or Arts and Crafts aesthetic principles of William Morris. Also as adj.
- Joycean1938–An admirer or follower of Joyce.
- Wodehousian1939–An admirer, student, or habitual reader of Wodehouse's works.
- Lucianist1940–46A student, admirer, or emulator of Lucian.
- Woolfian1944–An admirer or devotee of Virginia Woolf. rare.
- Leavisite1946–An admirer or follower of F. R. Leavis or his writings and ideas; = Leavisian, n.
- Jamesian1954–Of or pertaining to the American (later naturalized British) writer Henry James (1843–1916) or his works. Also as n., a follower or admirer of Henry…
- Yeatsian1954–An admirer of Yeats.
- Leavisian1955–= Leavisite, n.
- Lawrentian1957–An admirer of T. E. Lawrence or his writings. rare.
- Lawrentian1959–An admirer of D. H. Lawrence or his writings. rare.
- Beckettian1965–An admirer of Beckett's writings; esp. a writer who follows or is influenced by Beckett's style. Also: an actor who often performs in Beckett's plays.
- Orwellian1971–An admirer of the works and ideas of Orwell.
Frequency
Zolaist typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Zolaist is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of Zolaist, n., 1880–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 0.0015 |
| 1890 | 0.0019 |
| 1900 | 0.0021 |
| 1910 | 0.0029 |
| 1920 | 0.0032 |
| 1930 | 0.0032 |
| 1940 | 0.0032 |
| 1950 | 0.0031 |
| 1960 | 0.0028 |
| 1970 | 0.0023 |
| 1980 | 0.0013 |
| 1990 | 0.0011 |
| 2000 | 0.0008 |
| 2010 | 0.0007 |