Enigmatologist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who creates or studies puzzles.
"I went to a lecture by enigmatologist Will Shortz, and when I saw how he engaged an audience of […] 2,000 in a game of word puzzles, I pictured him as a teacher with a very large class."
Example
More examples"I went to a lecture by enigmatologist Will Shortz, and when I saw how he engaged an audience of […] 2,000 in a game of word puzzles, I pictured him as a teacher with a very large class."
Etymology
From enigmatology + -ist.
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