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Definition of Etymologists
1. etymologist [n] - See also: etymologist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etymologists
Literary usage of Etymologists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"The Irish etymologists all say that this means “Little Black Cow,” or ... And here
I might astonish the Celtic etymologists by stating that the words ..."
2. Isidore of Seville on the Pagan Gods (Origines VIII.11) by Katherine Nell Macfarlane (1980)
"Although common sense did occasionally lead the etymologists of antiquity to a
correct derivation ..."
3. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... and we must be sure that it was something more than a temporary term, before
we attempt to derive haberdasher (that puzzle of etymologists) from, it, ..."
4. Language and Languages: Being "Chapters on Language" and "Families of Speech" by Frederic William Farrar (1878)
"etymologists of every school ought cordially to re-echo the wise and weighty
words of Diez:* ' How little often can etymology accomplish ! how doubtful are ..."
5. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... THIS« Jut however etymologists are divided in the derivation of this word,
... etymologists ..."
6. Chapters on Language by Frederic William Farrar (1873)
"etymologists of every school ought cordially to reecho the wise and weighty words
of Diez: ' ' How little often can etymology accomplish! how doubtful are ..."
7. Etymologicon Magnum, Or Universal Etymological Dictionary, on a New Plan by Walter Whiter (1800)
"The etymologists derive it from K^olof, Kf*iw, and Kfu»V We now add to it a term,
... &c. as may be seen in our etymologists. They can discover however no ..."
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