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weirdist

noun

Etymology

From weird + -ist.

  1. borrowed from weird
  2. derived from *wert-✻
  3. derived from *wurdiz✻
  4. derived from *wurdi✻
  5. derived from wyrd
  6. derived from werde
  7. suffixed as weirdist — “weird + -ist”

Definitions

  1. Someone who creates or enjoys weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").

    • [Scott] Lynch provides plenty of historical and cultural information reminiscent of new weirdists Steven Erikson and China Miéville, if not quite as outré.

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