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glossology|glɒˈsɒlədʒɪ|
[f. glosso- + Gr. -λογία discourse: see -logy.]
1.
†a. The study of a language or languages; linguistic learning (obs.).
b. The science of language (= glottology).
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Critic. Hist. 2 They pitch upon one of the ablest in the Oriental Glossology..to hold forth a little Lecture out of the Hebrew to the Junior Divines. 1808W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. VI. 660 We appeal to every lover of glossology in general, and of English literature in particular, for assistance to promulgate and to preserve a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary, which [etc.]. 1847Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. (ed. 2) I. 21 Ethnology and Glossology. 1857Stoddart (title) Glossology, or the Historical relations of Languages. 1874Blackie Self-Cult. 35 Study the theory of language, the organism of speech, and what is called comparative philology or Glossology.
2. The definition and explanation of terms in use in any science; also, the assemblage or stock of such terms (= terminology).
1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 369 Book IV, Glossology; or, of the terms used in Botany. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. Introd. 3 Glossology or Terminology is a necessary part of Phytography or Descriptive Botany.
3. The study of the tongue, in medicine. rare.
1844B. Ridge (title) Glossology: or the additional means of diagnosis of disease to be derived from indications and appearances of the tongue. |