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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae..
They have been described with a painfully fastidious detail of petty circumstances by zoological formulists; the causes of these differences have been as carefully avoided, as if man, all-important man, were not a fit object of inquiry […]
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Formulist means One who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae..
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They have been described with a painfully fastidious detail of petty circumstances by zoological formulists; the causes of these differences have been as carefully avoided, as if man, all-important man, were not a fit object of inquiry […]
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