subtlist
(ˈsʌt(ə)lɪst)
[f. subtle a. + -ist. Cf. subtilist.]
One who is addicted to subtleties.
| 1840 [see subtilist, quot. 1829]. 1887 Hardy Woodlanders III. xii. 239 A subtlist in emotions, he cultivated as under glasses strange and mournful pleasures. |