单词 | philologaster |
释义 | philologastern. rare. An inferior or bungling philologist. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > false or petty linguistics > one engaged in philologaster1880 1880 F. Hall in 19th Cent. Sept. 442 The doings of American philologasters are, in truth, a curious study. 1982 Amer. Notes & Queries Mar.–Apr. 100/1 In his most doctrinaire speech, Holofernes betrays himself as the philologaster that he is. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > false or petty linguistics philologastry1893 pseudo-linguistics1962 pseudo-procedure1964 1893 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 16 Feb. He is quite capable of such an enormity of philologastry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880 |
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