Associations to the word «Philological»

Wiktionary

PHILOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.
PHILOLOGICAL, adjective. (linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

Dictionary definition

PHILOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or relating to or dealing with philology.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne