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From: Caveman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10 June 2003 18:21
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ist
-ist
1. a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to
verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in
-ism, that denote a person who practices
or is concerned with something, or holds
certain principles, doctrines, etc.:
apologist; machinist; novelist;
socialist; Thomist. Compare -ISM,
-ISTIC, -IZE.
[ME -iste < L -ista < Gk -istes; in some words,
repr. F -iste, G -ist, It -ista, etc., < < L < Gk]
Note the first example.
cheers,
caveman
You forgot to add "Sh" to the front........................"shist"
