zeist

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See also: Zeist, and zèist

English

Etymology

From New Latin zea, from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, spelt), +‎ -ist.

Noun

zeist (plural zeists)

  1. (medicine, archaic, historical) One who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra.
    Antonym: antizeist