aggadist

noun

ag·​ga·​dist ə-ˈgä-dist 

ä-,

-ˈgȯ-

variants or less commonly haggadist

hə-ˈgä-dist 

hä-,

-ˈgȯ-

plural aggadists also haggadists

: a writer, scholar, or teacher of Aggadah

As well as being a great expounder of the oral law, he was a prolific and profound aggadist.

—Judith Z. Abrams, The Talmud for Beginners, Volume 2, 1993

Word History

Etymology

aggadah + -ist entry 1

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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