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glossologist|glɒˈsɒlədʒɪst|
[f. next + -ist.]
1. a. ‘One who defines and explains terms’ (W. 1864). b. One versed in the science of language.
1817W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXXIII. 91 Adelung..the greatest glossologist of the present age. 1845Whewell Indic. Creator 164 But what glossologist will venture to declare that the efficacy of such causes has been uniform? 1887Q. Rev. CLXIV. 144 Colonel Yule represents the ideal glossologist.
2. One versed in the pathology of the tongue. rare.
1844Ridge Glossology 58 This fur is not a moveable deposit, capable of being scraped off; if it were so, a patient might scrape his tongue to deceive his doctor; but the Glossologist is not to be deceived by any scrapings. |