Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapist
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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