phi·lol·o·gy (f -l l  -j )n. 1. Literary study or classical scholarship. 2. See historical linguistics. [Middle English philologie, from Latin philologia, love of learning, from Greek philologi  , from philologos, fond of learning or of words : philo-, philo- + logos, reason, speech; see -logy.]phi·lol o·ger, phi·lolo·gist n.phil  o·logic (fl-ljk), philo·logi·cal (--kl) adj.phil o·logi·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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