A xylopolist is someone who sells wood. Or, from Encyclo: 1. One who sells timber; a timber-merchant. 2. A dealer in wooden objects or one who sells various kinds of wood or wooden objects. I assume this includes someone who sells Christmas trees.
X is always tricky for ABC Wednesday participants. There are two common prefixes in English that start with X that folks have used quite often.
Xylo- refers to wood, while xanth- means yellow in color. Here’s a list of unusual words beginning with X; a number of words start with xeno- (strange, foreign) or xero- (dry).
If you are seeking other words, try plants, specifically these botany entries.
Look also at common Mandarin Chinese words.
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Nice and actual entry 😉
Have a blessed Christmas!
That is a real good new word.
Merry Christmas.
Great informative post Roger! I found an object starting with xylo.
Merry Christmas!
Wil, ABCW Team
Wonderful Christmas tree, fun and very creative! Merry Christmas in peace and much love!
That’s a cool shot of the Xmas tree. Thank you for the lexical unit lesson on words with the letter X. Happy Holidays!
Good word Roger!
Merry Christmas to you and yours,
Best wishes ,
from,
Di and Ian
and family
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maybe hubby should become a xylopolist since he knows so much about word:) Merry Christmas to you too, Roger:)
Thanks for the new word….will look for ways to use it…Wishing you much merriment this Holiday Season♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/xmas-card/
A new (to me) word for Christmas. Happy Holidays to you.
Didn’t know this one but its certainly one I will store away for an opportune moment, LOL. Wishing you and your family a happy Christmas.
Next time I head down to the lumber yard in my pickup, I’m going to tell everybody, “I gotta go see the xylopolist.”
Such a great angle of the Christmas Tree!!!! Great word.
Ann
Word to the wise: if the bars aren’t made of wood, it’s not a true xylophone.
I used to know a xylopolist who worked the corner of Amsterdam and W. 87th in Manhattan, but I don’t think that’s the kind of “woodseller” you are referencing here…
Ha ha ha, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Peaceful Kwanzaa, and Happy upcoming New Year! Sorry I was late in bidding you a warm Solstice… wink. Amy
here around Christmas, a lot of young men sell Christmas trees. Do they qualify to be xylopolist? LOL