zemiistic, adj.

zemiistic
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Revised 2018

# zemiisticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zemiistic mean?

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

### Where does the adjective zemiistic come from?

Earliest known use

1900s

The earliest known use of the adjective zemiistic is in the 1900s.

OED's earliest evidence for zemiistic is from 1907, in 25th Annual Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1903–4.

### Nearby entries

1. Zelig, n. 1984–
2. Zelig-like, adj. 1983–
3. zelkova, n. 1836–
4. zelotypia, n. 1566–
5. zelotyping, adj. a1660
6. zelotypist, n.?1632
7. zelotypy, n. 1623–1794
8. Zemblan, n. & adj. 1674–1805
9. Zemblian, n. & adj. 1674–1796
10. zemi, n. 1555–
11. zemiistic, adj.1907–
12. zemirah, n. 1767–
13. zemni, n. 1775–
14. Zemsky Sobor, n. 1877–
15. zemstvo, n. 1865–
16. zemstvoist, n. 1904–
17. Zen, n. & adj. 1727–
18. Zen, v. 1968–
19. zenana, n. & adj. 1761–
20. zenana cloth, n. 1885–
21. Zen Buddhist, adj. & n. 1917–

## Meaning & use

rare.

1. 1907–
   See zemi n.
   Stressed as zemiˈistic.
   1. 1907

      > Her body was painted with figures and..flowers, evidently zemeistic or totemistic.

      25th Annual Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1903–4 59
   2. 1934

      > Possibly the muirakitās are connected with the zemiistic stones, a special kind of which were used by the Tainan caciques.

      Anthropos vol. 29 653
   religion
   1. zemiistic 1907–
   2. manistic 1933–
   View in Historical Thesaurus
   1. totemistic 1873–
      Of, relating to, or characterized by totemism.
   2. zemiistic 1907–
   View in Historical Thesaurus
   1. jossish 1834
      Resembling or characteristic of a joss.
   2. zemiistic 1907–
   View in Historical Thesaurus

Originally published as part of the entry for zemi, n.

zemi, n. was revised in June 2018.