Definitions for copyist

copyist cop·y·ist

Spelling: [kop-ee-ist]
IPA: /ˈkɒp i ɪst/

Copyist is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in copyist (ciopsty).

Definitions for copyist

noun

  1. a person who transcribes copies, especially of documents.
  2. an imitator.

Origin of copyist

First recorded in 1690-1700; copy + -ist

Examples for copyist

Almost immediately the copyist refuses to perform basic elements of his job: proof-reading for example.

In earlier times it was the copyist who made the mistakes and bore the blame.

This seems to be a printer's or copyist's error for Prefetto.

I have reached a point in my labours where I need a copyist.

The copyist moves into the office, won't be dismissed, won't accept a gift of money to go away.

It is questionable whether she was ever so perfect a copyist thenceforth.

The resemblances are undoubted; the assumption that the psalmist is the copyist is not.

I will not be a copyist; I will be a genius—will be cleverer than you all put together.

I have looked over what you have done, and can warmly recommend you as a copyist.

Finally, you remember that I undertook to find that copyist?

Word Value for copyist
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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