glossologicaladj.
/ɡlɒsəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ Of or pertaining to glossology.
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philologue1594
philological1621
philologic1656
glottical1660
glossological1716
linguistic1801
linguacious1814
linguistical1845
glottological1848
glottologic1879
glossematic1952
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ I. 103 Revivers of the Hebrew and Oriental Tongues in England were Robert Wakefield and Robert Sherwood, who writ several little Essays of their Glossological Faculties in that Oriental Commerce.
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 535 Long critical and glossological comments, are provided.
1868 J. R. Lowell Shakespeare Once More in Prose Wks. (1890) III. 27 We should demand..a thorough glossological knowledge of the English contemporary with Shakespeare.
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