Definition of Tapist

1. one who revels in the use of red tape [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapist

tapioca
tapioca pearl
tapioca plant
tapioca pudding
tapioca puddings
tapioca starch
tapiocas
tapir
tapir mouth
tapiroid
tapirs
tapis
tapiser
tapisers
tapises
tapist (current term)
tapists
taplash
taplashes
tapless
taplitumomab
tapoa tafa
tapotement
tapotements
tappa
tappable
tappas
tapped
tapped out
tappee

Literary usage of Tapist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Luttrell of Arran by Charles James Lever (1865)
"I own, Mr. M'Kinlay, I am red tapist enough not to like all this usurped authority, but you have tied me up to secresy." "Not I, Sir Within. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as verdure. tapist (tap'is), г. Л [Early mod. ... Prol. to С. Т., L 362. tapist (ta'pist), ». [< tape1 + -ist.} One who deals in or uses tape; ..."

3. The Spirit of Protest in Old French Literature by Mary Morton Wood (1917)
"Faus cuers tapist sous bele kiere, Quant on li fait d'argent poison. ... Le lois se taist quant ore murmure; Drois se tapist a son d'argent. ..."

4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"RED-tapist, a man who is' a stickler for official routine. ... throw over that stiff rtd-tapist of yours, and go with Public Opinion and myself—• Lytton, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Especially in the three centuries BC, emperors and folk alike, under the leadership of tapist priests, neglected labor t« search for the elixir of life and ..."

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