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glottogonist

/ɡlɒˈtɒɡənɪst/

glottogonist noun: one who studies glottogony.

Noun

glottogonist (plural glottogonists)

  1. One who studies glottogony.
    • The sixteenth century saw the emergence of the first European glottogonists, scholars who study the origin of language.2022, Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater, chapter 4, in The Language Game […] , →ISBN

Adjective

glottogonist (not comparable)

  1. Related to glottogony.
    • What ultimately doomed these early glottogonist speculations was that they all took on the impossible task of arguing for a single origin of all aspects of language.2022, Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater, chapter 4, in The Language Game […] , →ISBN

Forms of glottogonist

pluralglottogonists

Questions about glottogonist

What does glottogonist mean?
Glottogonist means one who studies glottogony.
What part of speech is glottogonist?
Glottogonist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce glottogonist?
Glottogonist is pronounced /ɡlɒˈtɒɡənɪst/.
What is the plural of glottogonist?
The plural of glottogonist is glottogonists.

Words near glottogonist in the dictionary

  1. glottocode
  2. glottocodes
  3. glottogenesis
  4. glottogenetic
  5. glottogonic
  6. glottogonist
  7. glottogonists
  8. glottogony
  9. glottogram
  10. glottograms
  11. glottograph

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