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Etymology
From fuŝi (“botch”) + -isto (“-ist”).
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Noun
fuŝisto (accusative singular fuŝiston, plural fuŝistoj, accusative plural fuŝistojn)
- (derogatory) bumbler, bungler, screwup
1894, William Shakespeare, translated by L. L. Zamenhof, Hamleto, act III scene 2:Ili afektadis kaj kriadis tiel, ke mi pensis, ke ia fuŝisto volis krei homojn kaj faris iajn plej malbonajn pupojn.- They have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought that some bungler wanted to make people and made terrible dolls.
1906, A. Koffman, “Etikoj”, in L'Amerika Esperantisto Volumes 1-3, page 104:Mi timas ke via samprofesiano ne volos fari al vi honton kaj nomi vin fuŝisto.- I'm afraid your colleague won't want to embarrass you and call you a bungler.
1907, Friedrich Schiller, translated by L. L. Zamenhof, La rabistoj, act I scene 1:Mi estus ja mizera fuŝisto, se mi ne povus eĉ tion atingi, ke mi disigu filon de la koro de la patro, se ĝi eĉ estus alkroĉita al ĝi per feraj ligiloj.- Why, what a sorry bungler should I be had I not skill enough to pluck a son from a father's heart; ay, though he were riveted there with hooks of steel!
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