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phi⋅lol⋅o⋅gy
[fi-lol-uh-jee]
–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. |
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phi·lol·o·gy (fĭ-lŏl'ə-jē) n.
[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
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.
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