philologue
philologue · philologues
A philologistA philologist.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A philologist.
More definitions
- a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French philologue, from Latin philologus (“lover of learning”), fromBorrowed from Middle French philologue, from Latin philologus (“lover of learning”), from Ancient Greek φιλολόγος (philológos, “lover of words and learning”). Equivalent to philo- + -logue.
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Forms
plural: philologues| Singular | philologue |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a humanist specializing in classical scholarship:philologist