单词 | signaturist |
释义 | ˈsignaturist rare. [f. signature n. 4 + -ist.] One who maintains the theory or doctrine of signatures in plants, etc.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 96 Signaturists have somewhat advanced it, who..have made men suspect there was more therein, then ordinary practice allowed. [Hence in Blount Glossogr. (1656), but wrongly explained.] 1786Ferriar in Manch. Mem. (1790) III. 50 Baptista Porta was not only a demonologist, but a signaturist, that is, a believer in the conformity of the virtues of plants to certain external appearances, supposed to be impressed by guardian angels. |

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