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sewist

noun

Etymology

From sew + -ist, to avoid visual ambiguity with sewer (“waste pipe”).

  1. derived from *syewH-✻ — “to sew”
  2. inherited from *siwjaną✻ — “to sew”
  3. inherited from siwian
  4. inherited from sewen
  5. suffixed as sewist — “sew + ist”

Definitions

  1. One who sews.

    • Despite all the making and giving going on, it's surprisingly rare that we come across blog posts that detail the ways in which sewists and other crafters present their handmade gifts to the recipient.
    • As far as I – and millions of other sewists – are concerned, sewing is one of the coolest, most satisfying and useful pastimes out there.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sewist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA