philologicaladj.
/ˌfɪləˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌfɪləˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Of or belonging to philology; esp. (and now usually) of or relating to the historical study of a language or languages.
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philologue1594
philological1621
philologic1656
glottical1660
glossological1716
linguistic1801
linguacious1814
linguistical1845
glottological1848
glottologic1879
glossematic1952
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 9 You are much vpon the by, to bring in your Philologicall obseruations.
1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 230 Though the controversy [about the Hebrew points] be in itself grammatical, or philological, yet it had its rise from a question theological.
1694 S. Pepys Let. in Academy (1890) 9 Aug. 110/3 Yor politicall as well as philologicall Expurgations.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xx. 343 Those Studies which are wont to be call'd Philological, such as History, Languages, Grammar, Rhetoric, Poesy, and Criticism.
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 486 The Philological Society, at Bath, for educating and placing out the sons of poor clergymen and mechanics (instituted in 1792).
1815 T. D. Whitaker in Q. Rev. 14 97 Of the five classes which we denominated Monosyllabic, Indoeuropean, Tataric, African, and American, the first two only are to be considered as constituted according to correct philological principles.
1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. iv. i. 185 Philological relations traceable between Cymri and Gael.
1891 Athenæum 26 Dec. 862/3 Mr. Wagner's misknowledge extends to other than philological matters.
1936 Man 36 59/2 Philological research has given rise to the supposition that the Mundaris, whose home is said to have been near Calcutta, must have penetrated the frontiers of Tibet about 2000 b.c.
1992 English 41 190 She is not concerned with philological questions like the genetic relations between languages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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