† ologicaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of, relating to, or versed in an academic discipline or field of knowledge; of or relating to an ‘ology’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [adjective]
scientic?1541
scientical?1541
scientific1589
technical1617
ological1854
ologistica1861
disciplinary1931
1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. xv. 120 I hope you may now turn all your ological studies to good account.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Mar. 6/1 Mr. C. is rising forty, amiable, and ‘ological’. That is, he goes in hot for the ‘ologies’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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