[f. as prec. + -IST.]
† 1. One who gives undue study to the vowel-points of the Hebrew scriptures. Obs.
1655. Spurstowe, Wels of Salvation, 158. Vowalists and Letterists having little or no acquaintance with the deep things of God.
2. One who employs vowels for poetic effect.
1890. in Athenæum, 6 Sept., 334/2. The Glasgow Herald says ‘As a repetitionary vowelist Mr. Spratly is virtuous compared with Milton.’
