odium philologicum

Noun

odium philologicum (uncountable)

1. hatred between philologists over academic points of disagreement
   • a Renascence scholar had to justify himself, even if that meant denigrating other mens' learning. To the odium theologicum of the period was added odium philologicum. Sic Shavius putride, says a late scholiast: « thus Shaw stinkingly » — he is referring to a rival commentator's interpretation.Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (1982), The Humane Medievalist: And Other Essays in English Literature and Learning, from Chaucer to Eliot, Ed. di Storia e Letteratura, GGKEY:552YP7WE2FC, page 283
   • Odium pholologicum is a notorious infirmity. Scholars will lash out at one another with unbridled malignancy over what appear to the laity to be minuscule, often risible points of debate.George Steiner (1987), George Steiner: A Reader, Oxford University Press, page 199