wordsmith
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]The noun is derived from word + smith (“craftsperson who works metal into desired forms; (by extension) one who makes anything”).[1] The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɜːdsmɪθ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɝdˌsmɪθ/
- Hyphenation: word‧smith
Noun
[edit]wordsmith (plural wordsmiths)
- One who uses words skilfully. [from late 19th c.]
- Synonym: (one sense) wordmonger
- Hyponyms: logodaedalus, wordman, wordsman, wordster
- She has always been known as a capable wordsmith, but in this latest novel she also shows surprising emotional depth.
- 2021, Little Simz (lyrics and music), “Introvert”, in Sometimes I Might Be Introvert[1]:
- I bottle up and then spill it in verses / One day, I'm wordless, next day, I'm a wordsmith / Close to success, but to happiness, I'm the furthest
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one who uses words skillfully
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]wordsmith (third-person singular simple present wordsmiths, present participle wordsmithing, simple past and past participle wordsmithed)
- (transitive) To skilfully compose or craft (something written).
- 2022 November 10, Simon Montlake, “In Ohio, one man’s quest to get more voters to agree to disagree”, in The Christian Science Monitor[2], Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-05:
- Then he reads the prompt, which has been carefully wordsmithed by Mr. [Ted] Wetzel and his collaborators.
Derived terms
[edit]- wordsmithing (noun)
Translations
[edit]to skilfully compose or craft (something written)
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References
[edit]- ^ “wordsmith, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021; “wordsmith, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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