odium philologicum
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The scholarly wars between British and German academics in World War I are to be seen in the context of a more general odium philologicum which can be traced back to the growth of nationalism in the nineteenth century."