li·bret·tist

[li-bret-ist]
noun
the writer of a libretto.

Origin:
1860–65; < Italian librettista. See libretto, -ist

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librettist (lɪˈbrɛtɪst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the author of a libretto

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Librettist is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Use the librettist's words, but make them about yourself.
In the closing section of the opera, composer and librettist took a considerable risk that didn't quite pay off on opening night.
The librettist has received much better treatment than the composer.
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