apneist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French apnéiste, Italian apneista, or Spanish apneísta. Equivalent to apnea +‎ -ist.

Noun

apneist (plural apneists)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) A free-diver.
    • 1994 May 5, Olivier Devuns, “DEEP free-diver dies”, in rec.scuba‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-21:
      These "no-limits" free dives are basically variable-weight dives, where the apneist descends pulled by a sliding weight, and ascends by inflating some air balloon.
    • 2020 January 23, fridalemus, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2022-09-21:
      3 Suplementos alimenticios para un apneista::
      1.- Antioxidantes
      2.- Vitaminas A,C,E
      3.- Probióticos

      3 Food supplements for an apneist:
      1.- Antioxidants
      2.- Vitamins A, C, E
      3.- Probiotics
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:apneist.
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