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glottology

[ glo-tol-uh-jee ]
/ glɒˈtɒl ə dʒi /

noun Obsolete.

linguistics.

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Origin of glottology

First recorded in 1835–45; glotto- + -logy

OTHER WORDS FROM glottology

glot·to·log·ic [glot-l-oj-ik], /ˌglɒt lˈɒdʒ ɪk/, glot·to·log·i·cal, adjectiveglot·tol·o·gist, noun

Words nearby glottology

glottis, glottitis, glotto-, glottochronology, glottogony, glottology, Gloucester, Gloucester City, Gloucester Old Spot, Gloucestershire, glout
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