cineast \SIN-ee-ast\ noun
: a devotee of motion pictures; also : moviemaker
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"Cineast" is a French borrowing that made its American premiere in the mid-1920s. The French spliced together "ciné" and "-aste" to create "cinéaste," a word for a filmmaker or movie director. "Ciné" in French is just another word for "cinema," and "-aste" is a suffix that appears in words like "gymnaste" and "enthousiaste." "Cinéaste" underwent several changes once it was established in English. Some writers anglicized its spelling, shortening "-aste" to "-ast" (although "cineaste" and "cinéaste" are also still used). Others began to use "cineast" to mean "f ilm buff," and that's the sense that is most common today.
me too, i guess! although, it sounds a bit too elegant for the kinds of movies i am entusiastic about! hee,hee! (i am about to watch 'the ghost and mr chicken' now!) ;]
Posted by: cindy | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 07:07 PM