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filologista — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • philological adj Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.
  • philologist noun A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

Senses

filologista is used for these senses in English:

  • philological (linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.
  • philologist A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

philological — full definition

  1. adj Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.
  2. adj Pertaining to historical linguistics.

philologist — full definition

  1. noun A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
  2. noun A person devoted to general learning and literature.
  3. noun A person devoted to classical scholarship.

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