linguistryn.
/ˈlɪŋɡwᵻstri/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋɡwᵻstri/ Now rare.
Knowledge or study of language.
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tongue-work1598
glossology1716
philology1716
linguistry1794
logonomy1803
logology1820
linguistic1825
linguistic science1825
linguistics1837
glottology1841
linguistic analysis1848
1794 T. Paine Age of Reason i. 33 But the apology that is now made for continuing to teach the dead languages, could not be the cause at first of cutting down learning to the narrow and humble sphere of linguistry.
1838 J. L. Murphy Ess. towards Sci. Consciousness viii. 189 Many of the most learned men of our universities, whose attainments are so much reverenced, know little else than linguistry.
1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas II. 246 To bring down their estimate of my linguistry, I gave them a literal translation of that proverb which defines comparisons as odious.
1916 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Lang. & Lit. Apr. 165 There remains no small amount of preliminary work to be done in Syriac, in the fields of linguistry, literature, and history.
1943 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 2 200/2 Ghazzālī ranks the arts, crafts, and professions..according to the human faculty by which knowledge or skill in each is attained, the intellect (pure intellect) being placed for intellectual sciences above hearing used in linguistry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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