Middle English Dictionary Entry
abaciste n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abaciste n. |
| Etymology | ML abacista |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who performs calculations with an abacus, an arithmetician.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.69 : Girebertus..took Agabus of Sarsyns and ȝaf rules þerynne, þat mowe unneþe be understonde of þe kunnyngeste men of þe craft; þe whiche craftes men beþ cleped abaciste.