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phi·lol·o·gy
(fĭ-lŏl′ə-jē)n.
1. Literary study or classical scholarship.
2. See historical linguistics.
[Middle English philologie, from Latin philologia, love of learning, from Greek philologiā, from philologos, fond of learning or of words : philo-, philo- + logos, reason, speech; see -logy.]
phi·lol′o·ger, phi·lol′o·gist n.
phil′o·log′ic (fĭl′ə-lŏj′ĭk), phil′o·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
phil′o·log′i·cal·ly adv.
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Noun 1. philologist - a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
humanist - a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
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[fɪˈlɒlədʒɪst] N → filólogo/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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n → Philologe m, → Philologin f
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[fɪˈlɒlədʒɪst] n → filologo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995