name
Meaning 1
A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Zeist
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noun
Meaning 2
One who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: antizeist
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Zeist.
From New Latin zea, from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”), + -ist.