philological

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The original O.E.D., proposed by the Philological Society of London in 1857 and completed more than 70 years later, contained over 400,000 entries.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021

In November 1857, the members of the London Philological Society convened to hear a paper by Richard Chenevix Trench, the dean of Westminster, entitled “On Some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries”.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2018

He told the Philological Society that "we are concerned with the accurate recording of language, not what people think it should be."

From Time Magazine Archive

Every year the American Philological Association ceases its technical discussions of words to hear a pert comment on slang.

From Time Magazine Archive

The alternative, I too, is still grammatically correct, but unless you’re addressing the Supreme Court or the Philological Society, you can drop the formality.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner