philologize

English

Alternative forms

• philologise

Etymology

From philology +‎ -ize.

Verb

philologize (third-person singular simple present philologizes, present participle philologizing, simple past and past participle philologized)

1. To do the work of a philologist, to study words and their origins.
   • 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     Nor is it here that I design to enlarge , as those who have philologized on this occasion de Sycophantis

Translations

do the work of a philologist

• Greek: φιλολογίζω (filologízo)