philologizev.
/fᵻˈlɒlədʒʌɪz/, U.S. /fəˈlɑləˌdʒaɪz/ rare.
intransitive. To act as a philologist (esp. philologist n. 2); to engage in philology. Also transitive: to treat or address philologically.In quot. 1868: to bring into some condition by philologizing.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study language [verb (intransitive)]
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the mind > language > linguistics > study language [verb (transitive)]
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1664 J. Evelyn Sylva iii. vi It is not here that I design to enlarge, as those who have philologiz'd on this occasion de Sycophantis, and other curious Criticismes.
1868 Contemp. Rev. 8 165 It cannot be criticized or philologized into nothingness, like written record.
1888 W. E. Henley Bk. of Verses 121 See them..Write, plead, wrangle, philologise, Answer papers, [etc.].
1954 Philos. Rev. 63 58 I am quite sure that in fact he is philologizing, and in an improperly amateurish sort of way.
1994 K.-W. Chow Rise Confucian Ritualism vii. 187 These mid-Ch'ing scholars ‘philologized’ their ethical views.
Derivatives
phiˈlologizing n.
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1877 F. Hall Eng. Adj. in -able 25 I have spoken of the unscientific philologizing which has recently become so rife.
1979 Language 55 256/2 Much of it seems like unnecessary philologizing and over-detailed discussion of references which are clearly outdated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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