A derogatory term for: a person who claims to speak with divine inspiration or who behaves as if inspired.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. From classical Latin Aeolus, the name of the ruler of the winds + -ist.
Definition of aeolist in US English:
aeolist
(also eolist)
nounˈiːəlɪst
rare
A derogatory term for: a person who claims to speak with divine inspiration or who behaves as if inspired.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. From classical Latin Aeolus, the name of the ruler of the winds + -ist.