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etymologer|ɛtɪˈmɒlədʒə(r)| [f. Gr. ἐτυµολόγ-ος (see prec.) + -er1.] One who traces etymologies; = etymologist.
1650Massey Glasse for Worldlings 10 With the Etymologer tis..water hardened by extream cold. 1660M. Griffith Fear of God & King 82 (T.) ‘Lex à ligando’, saith the etymologer: it is called a law from binding. 1816J. Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 160 A plain, blunt etymologer may take the liberty of putting the extinguisher or monk's hood on his shallow, misty notions. 1880J. A. H. Murray Addr. Philol. Soc. 36 The fancies of..monkish etymologers. |