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.
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
- -zoon, comb. form
- zoonate, n.1798–1857
- zoonerythrin, n.1882–
- zoonic, adj.1798–1853
- zooning, n.1885–
- Zoonist, adj.1890–97
- zoonite, n.1838–
- zoonitic, adj.1860–91
- zoonomic, adj.1836–
- zoonomical, adj.1800–
- zoonomist, n.1800–99
- zoonomy, n.1800–
- zoonosis, n.1873–
- zoonosologist, n.1860–
- zoonosology, n.1845–
- zoonotic, adj.1877–
- zoon politikon, n.1895–
- zoonters, int.a1763–
- zoo-organic, adj.1821–90
- zoopathologist, n.1898–
- zoopathology, n.1841–
In quot.
1800 probably after
German †
Zoonomist (1798 in the work reviewed).
1800–99
An expert in zoonomy; a person who studies zoonomy.
1800
The Zoonomist must endeavour to avoid all partial and incomplete explanations.
Medical & Physical Journal vol. 3 282
1893
Dr. Stirling..compares the illustrious savant of the nineteenth century with his decidedly ridiculous ancestor—the zoonomist.
Athenæum 19 August 248/3
1899
Zoonomist, one versed in zoonomy.
G. M. Gould, Dictionary Med., Biol. & Allied Science (ed. 4) 1631/1
An expert in or student of physiology (cf. physiology, n. 2).
= physiologist, n. 2. Now rare.
An expert in zoonomy; a person who studies zoonomy.
= physiologist, n. (in both senses).
= physiologist, n. (in both senses).
An expert or specialist in biophysiology.
Originally published as part of the entry for zoonomy, n.
zoonomy, n. was revised in June 2017.
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