cineast

[sin-ee-ast, sin-ey-]

noun

any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.

an aficionado of filmmaking.

Also, cin·e·ast, cin·é·aste.

Origin:
1925–30; < French cinéaste, equivalent to ciné- cine- + -aste, as in ecclésiaste, gymnaste, etc.

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Cineast is always a great word to know.

So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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