tourist
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-nos
Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos
Proto-Hellenic *tórnos
Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor.
Latin tornus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin tornō
Old French torner
Old French tourder.
English tour
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English tourist
From tour + -ist. Doublet of turista.
Base: tour
Affixes: -ist
Inflected forms:
form: tourists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tourists
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: touristing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: touristed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: touristed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.
pos: noun
examples: Tourist shops are full of kitsch.
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
The group operating where we were was called the "Abu Sayyaf" and specialised in K&R (kidnap and ransom), usually of tourists who would finish up beheaded on TV.
gloss: One who only has a superficial interest in something.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: Marla - the big tourist. The faker.
gloss: An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
derogatory
slang
gloss: A member of the visiting team in a match.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A guest user on a computer system.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: This popularity was supposedly due to M.I.T.'s tolerance of "tourists" on its system.
The online tourists then uploaded the files to share with other BBS aficionados.
gloss: To travel as a tourist.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: “You can’t go touristing anymore like you used to, but weekends away — traditionally crammed into sneaking out of work slightly early on a Friday in a dash to have some repose — now mean heading out on a Wednesday night, logging on to work and coming back Monday night,” said Tom Caton, the co-founder and chief revenue officer of AirDNA […]
Related words: tour
tour guide
tourism
Grand Tour
Derived words: abortion tourist
agritourist
alcotourist
antitourist
apitourist
architourist
astrotourist
avitourist
bicycle tourist
birth tourist
class tourist
cybertourist
dark tourist
disaster tourist
ecotourist
enotourist
ethnotourist
gastrotourist
geotourist
grief tourist
nontourist
posttourist
romance tourist
sex tourist
six bob a day tourist
space tourist
suicide tourist
sustainable tourist
ten-pound tourist
ten pound tourist
tourist agency
tourist area
tourist attraction
tourist card
tourist class
tourist court
tourist destination
touristdom
tourist guide
tourist highway
tourist home
touristic
touristification
touristify
touristlike
tourist office
tourist-oriented destination sign
tourist police
touristry
touristscape
tourist trap
tourist trappy
tourist tree
tourist visa
touristy
touron
touronaut
voluntourist
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