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English
Etymology
A fanciful formation from metagrobolize + -ologist. Appeared in the 1980s. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly coined by David Singmaster.”)
Pronunciation
Noun
metagrobologist (plural metagrobologists)
- (humorous, rare) A person who studies puzzles.
2015 August 17, Alex Bellos, “Can you solve it? Are you smarter than a metagrobologist?”, in The Guardian:So metagrobology is the study of puzzles and metagrobologist an expert in such study.
2017, Susana Martinez-Conde, Champions of Illusion: The Science Behind Mind-Boggling Images and Mystifying Brain Puzzles:Magicians and metagrobologists around the world collect her illusions.