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etymological, a.|ˌɛtɪməʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Of, or pertaining to, etymology; based upon, or in accordance with, etymology.
1592tr. Junius on Rev. ix. 11 This name belongeth unto the Etymological interpretation of Hildebrand. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. i. Notes 20 Take largest etymologicall liberty and you may have it from ‘Ellan-ban i.e. the white Isle’. c1620A. Hume Brit. Tongue (1865) 11 It wer more etymological to wryt montan, fontan, according to the original. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 9/2 Peruse, for a farther Description..Francis Holyoke, his Etymological Dictionary. 1747Johnson Plan Dict. Wks. IX. 183 Its [arrive's] original and etymological sense. 1769in Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. ii. xiii. (1876) 355 The Etymological part of the rudiments of the Latin grammar. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 331 Specimens of etymological Parsing. 1865Max Müller Chips (1880) I. vi. 130 A meaning that..can..be defended on..etymological grounds.
b. nonce-use. Engaged in the study of etymology.
1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 15 So, we are to be etymological to night, exclaimed Gower. |