passéist adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Having an excessive regard for the past.If Mr. Marinetti had composed a Passéist poem as well as a Futurist “record” upon the same subject, we might have been able to judge. — 1914 noun1 •A person having an excessive regard for the past. formspasséists · more passéist · most passéist