[f. L. ētholog-us, Gr. ἠθολόγ-ος (f. ἦθο-ς character + -λογος one who discourses) + -IST.]
† 1. [= Gr. ἠθολόγος] One who portrays character by imitative gestures and facial expression; a mimic. Obs.–0
1730–6. in Bailey (folio).
1775. in Ash.
2. One who treats of, or is versed in, the science of ethology; a writer on ethics.
1828. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
