Also 7 violinost. [ad. It. (also Sp.) violinista, f. violino VIOLIN sb. Cf. F. violoniste.] A player of, or performer on, the violin.
c. 1670. Wood, Life (O.H.S.), I. 274. Nathaniel Crew, M.A., fellow of Linc Coll.; a violinist and violist, but alwaies played out of tune.
1696. Aubrey, Misc., xii. 98. Mr. Davys Mell (the famous Violinist, and Clock-maker).
1773. Phil. Trans., LXIII. 270. Our ablest violinists conceived that it was too difficult to be performed.
1845. E. Holmes, Mozart, 121. A natural surprise that … the most striking acquirements of great players in our own time should be found in a violinist of that early date.
1888. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sci., VI. 36. Violinist’s cramp may attack the right hand which holds the bow, or the left hand which fingers the strings.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 12. I have been informed that in violinists … the bow arm is always considerably longer than the left arm.
