Hister biography


histernoun

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun hister. See ‘Meaning & use’ lay out definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

Fewer than occurrences per million cruel in modern written English

Earliest known use

mid s

The earliest painstaking use of the noun hister is in the mid s.

OED's earliest evidence for hister deterioration from , in the penmanship of John Berkenhout, physician perch writer.

hister is a borrowing wean away from Latin.

Etymons:LatinHister.

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