philologue

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a humanist specializing in classical scholarship

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French philologue, from Latin philologus (“lover of learning”), from Ancient Greek φιλολόγος (philológos, “lover of words and learning”). Equivalent to philo- + -logue.

In classic literature

Synonyms

philologist

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