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phi·lol·o·gy       [fi-lol-uh-jee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
2.(esp. in older use) linguistics, esp. historical and comparative linguistics.
3.Obsolete. the love of learning and literature.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME philologie < L philologia < Gk philología love of learning and literature, equiv. to philólog(os) literary, studious, argumentative + -ia -y3. See philo-, -logy]

—Related forms
phil·o·log·i·cal       [fil-uh-loj-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key, phil·o·log·ic, adjective
phil·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
phi·lol·o·gist, phi·lol·o·ger, noun
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phi·lol·o·gy       (fĭ-lŏl'ə-jē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Literary study or classical scholarship.
  2. See historical linguistics.


[Middle English philologie, from Latin philologia, love of learning, from Greek philologiā, from philologos, fond of learning or of words : philo-, philo- + logos, reason, speech; see -logy.]

phi·lol'o·ger, phi·lol'o·gist n., phil'o·log'ic (fĭl'ə-lŏj'ĭk), phil'o·log'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., phil'o·log'i·cal·ly adv.
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philological

adjective
of or relating to or dealing with philology 

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Philological

Phil`o*log"ic*al\, Philologic \Phil`o*log"ic\, a. [Cf. F. philologique.] Of or pertaining to philology. -- Phil`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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