[f. FRAGMENT + -IST. Cf. F. fragmentiste.] A writer of fragments or of works which survive only in fragments.
1874. H. R. Reynolds, John Bapt., v. § 2. 314, note. The sneer of the Wolfenbüttel fragmentist is too gross to be worthy of record.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., I. 390–1 The [Muratorian] fragmentist draws a sharp line between the fully and the only partially received writings.
