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philologue

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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.

noun philologues

archaic A philologist. One cannot under any circumstances conceive of Sterling as a steady dictionary philologue, historian, or archaeologist[.]

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"philologue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/philologue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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philologue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/philologue

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"philologue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/philologue.

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@misc{philologue_2026,
  title = {philologue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/philologue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}