Associations to the word «Philologist»

Wiktionary

PHILOLOGIST, noun. A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

Dictionary definition

PHILOLOGIST, noun. A humanist specializing in classical scholarship.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche