noun
Meaning 1
An inferior historian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, derogatory, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: historicaster
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
historiaster
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɪstɔːɹiˈæstə/
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General-American: /hɪstɔɹiˈæstəɹ/
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rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
History
Etymology
Probably borrowed from New Latin historiaster, from Latin historia (“history”) + -aster (suffix denoting incomplete or partial resemblance, and hence sometimes having a derogatory connotation). Historia is derived from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “systematic observation, inquiry; knowledge or written account of such an inquiry”), from ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō, “to ask, inquire; to examine, observe; to record”) (from ῐ̔́στωρ (hĭ́stōr, “one who knows law and right, judge; wise man; witness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Analyzable as history + -aster.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: toistaitoinen historioitsija — inferior historian
- German: Geschichtling — inferior historian