Philological

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Pertaining to historical linguistics. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or dealing with philology wordnet

Etymology

From philology + -ical.

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