philippize 
He argued with us, philippized us, denounced us, and, 
aa Nimrod said, " whipped us over the A l""^ty "J 
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philology 
We will therefore draw a curtain over this scene, from 
Philister (fi-lis'ter), n. Same as Philistine, 3. 
Philistian (fi-lis'ti-an), a. and n. [< Philistia, 
LL. I'hiUstxa, Phiiinthsen (see Philistine), -+ 
-aw.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Philistia in Sy- 
ria, or its inhabitants. 
The cis-Jordan country . . . was the scene of a great 
development of the PhilMian power. 
Encyc. Bnt., XVIII. 176. 
II. n. A Philistine. 
But Colonel, they say you went to Court last night very 
drunk ; nay, I'm told for certain you had been among the 
Philutians. Swnft, Polite Conversation, i. (Davits.) 
Philistimt (fi-lis'tim), n. [< LL. Philisthiim, < 
Heb. Plishtliim, pi.: see Philistine.] 
A Phihs- 
poet, use, in an active sense, loving, friendly, 
fond: orig. own. one's own (as in Homer); per- 
haps, with adj. formative -<Aof, and with loss of 
initial a, from the root of <70f if (dat. ts^iat, ofiatv, 
a<j>iv, mfii, dial. <j>tv, i/w ,i/>e,etc., aco. o^taf , o<f>e, etc.), 
themselves, / wa, = L. suits, his, their (own), 
etc. The element <t>i'Ao-, in composition, is usu- 
ally explained as "<j>ftoc, loving," but the adj. is 
not so used in composition ; the element ^Mo- 
represents Q&eiv, love, as the element IUGO-, of 
opposite meaning, represents fuaeiv, hate.] An ^^ . , . ... . .. 
element in many words of Greek origin or tor- O f the United States, generically distinct from the Euro- 
mation representing a verb meaning 'to love.' pean woodcock, Scolupax rusticvla, See woodcock. Also 
* .--- it is opposed to called Microptera. 
/iitbecomes Philohelleniant (nl"o-he-le'ni-an), H. [For 
., - ~ . It occurs *z>hillifltc>tiait; us Pliilhellene + -iihi] Same as 
-philvx, Greek -*cAo S , properly passive) rhil , iel!cne _ Arno M. 
thatpA*/i/(j/ which is in us. 
Fielding, Jonathan Wild, i. 10. 
Because the Turks so much admire philogyny, 
Although their usage of their wives is sad. 
Byron, Beppo, st. 70. 
Philohela (fi-16'he-lii), n. [NL. (G. R. Gray, 
1841), prop. *Philel(i','< Gr. Qi'Aelv, love, + eAof, a 
marsh.] A genus of Seolopacidie, having short 
rounded wings, the three outer primaries of 
which are emarginate and attenuate ; the Amer- 
ican woodcocks. P. minor is the common woodcock 
Those Philistims put out the fair and f aiTe-sighted eyes 
of his natural discerning. 
Milton, Church-Government, n., t'on. 
Philistine (fi-lis'tin), n. [= F. Philistin, < LL. 
Pliilintiiii, also Philisthiim, Philistines (cf. Ar. .,,,.. , fi] ,- Vfll :, t -, , r< Gl . 
cal study. 
The Duke of Brunswick, hearing of Hardt's 
pointed him his librarian shortly after th 
'Encyc. Brit., XI. 475. 
-an.'] Same as philologist. 
philologic (fil-6-loj'ik), a. 
[= F. philologique 
foiiii ded "at'LeipsYc" a phiiobibiicol society, with the object " = Sp. filologico = Pg. philologico == It.jHologieo 
of determining the sacred text. 
versities, as "the chosen people" or "the chil- 
dren of light," to the townsmen, regarded as 
their enemies, or "the children of darkness."] 
1 . One of a warlike immigrant people, of dis- 
puted origin, who inhabited parts of Philistia 
sovereignty of it with the Israelites, and con- 
tinued to harass them with much persistency 
for several centuries. Hence 2. A heathen 
enemy; an unfeeling foe: used humorously, 
for example, of a bailiff or sheriffs officer. 
.pi 
(Schott, 1882), < Philodendron + -ex.] A tribe 
of monocotyledonous plants of the order Aro- 
\ = G. philologisch = Sw. Dan. 
filologi'sk), < MGr. QiAoAoytKof, pertaining to 
philology or learning, < Gr. QitoAoyia, philolo- 
gy, learning: see philology.'] Of or pertaining 
to philology, or the study of language : as, phil- 
ologic learning. 
philological (fil-o-loj'i-kal), a. [< philologic + 
-al.~] Relating to or concerned with philology : 
as, philological study; the American Philologi- 
cal Association. 
and the subfamily Philodendroidese, dis- philologically (fil-o-loj'i-kal-i), adv. In a philo- 
tinguished by their habit as erect sympodial logical manner; as regards philology, 
shrubs, often branching or climbing, by their philologist (fi-lol'o-jist),M. [< philolog-y + -ist.] 
had fallen into the hands of the 
name given by the faithful to bailiffs), he would hardly 
have been able so soon to recover his liberty. 
Fielding, Amelia, v. 6. (Dames.) 
3. In Germany, one who has not been trained 
in a university: so called by the students. 
[Slang.] Hence 4. A matter-of-fact, com- 
monplace person; a man upon whom one can 
look down, as of culture inferior to one's own ; 
one of "parochial" intellect; a satisfied per- 
son who is unaware of his own lack of culture. 
Th 
fare ai 
their 1 
people whom we call Philistines. 
Jf. Arnold, Sweetness and Light, 13. 
Philistinism (fi-lis'tiu-izm), . [= F. philis- 
tiuisme; as Philistine + -ism] The character or 
views of Philistines. See Philistine, 3, 4. 
Out of the steady humdrum habit of the creeping Saxon, 
as the Celt calls him out of his way of going near the 
ground has come, no doubt, Philistinism, that plant of 
essentially Germanic growth, nourishing with its genuine 
marks only in the German fatherland, Great Britain and 
her colonies, and the United States of America. M. Arnold. 
philizert, A bad spelling of filacer. 
phill-horset, . A bad spelling of fill-horse. 
phillibeg, . A bad spelling of filibeg. 
phillipeua, n. See philopena. 
phillipsite (fil'ip-sit), n. [Named after W. 
Phillips, an English mineralogist (died 1828).] 
In mineral., & hydrous silicate of aluminium, cal- 
cium, and potassium, commonly found in cruci- 
form twin crystals. It is a member of the zeolite 
group, and is closely related to harmotome. It occurs _ ., _. 
chiefly in basaltic rocks, but was obtained also by deep-sea phllogalisti ; ( fi-log a-list), n. 
dredging by the Challenger expedition. 
tianite. 
Phillyrea (fi-lir'e-a), n. [NL. (Tournefort, 
1700), fancifully transferred from Gr. 
One who is versed in philology. Alsophitotoger, 
philologian, philologue. 
Learn 'd philologists, who chase 
A panting syllable through time and space. 
Cowper, Retirement, 1. 691. 
(fi-lol'o-jiz), v. i.; pret. and pp. 
>gi:m,Tj>^>r.philologi^ing. [<. philolog-y + 
-ize] To discuss questions relating to phi- 
lology. 
Nor is it here that we design to enlarge, as those who 
have philologized on this occasion. Evelyn. 
1C (fil'o-log), n. [= D. filoloog = G. 
= Sw. Dan. filolog, < F. philologue = 
Sp. filologo = Pg. philologo, filologo = It. filologo 
= Russ. filologu, a philologist; < L. philologus, 
a man of letters, a scholar; as adj., studious 
of letters, versed in learning, scholarly ; < Gr. 
0i/>.o?.o}op, a learned man, student, scholar ; prop, 
adj., fond of learning and literature, etc.: see 
philology] Same as philologist. 
This is the fittest and most proper hour wherein to write 
:es, as Homer knew 
orthotropous or anatropous and often long- 
stalked ovules, and by the rudimentary stamens 
sometimes present in the pistillate flowers. It 
includes 9 genera, all tropical, of which Philo- 
dendron is the type. 
philodendrist(fil-o-den'drist),w. [<Gr. jaaitf- 
Sfiof, loving trees (< fydieiv, love, + itvipov, a 
tree), + -ist] A lover of trees. Lowell, Study 
Windows, p. 44. 
Philodendroideae (fil"o-den-droi'de-e), n. pi. 
[NL. (Engler, 1879), < Philodendron + -oideie.] 
A subfamily of the order Araceie, distinguished 
by a spadix staminate below, flowers without 
perianths (usually with distinct stamens), albu- 
minous seeds, an axillary embryo, and abun- 
dant tubular unbranched laticiferous ducts. 
It includes 4 tribes and 12 genera, of which Philodendron 
lie people who believe most that our greatness and wel- 't* he i ype j See jL 8 ? l' e ' tandra and f^8f*/ Hll i M- 
are proved by our being very rich, and who most give Philodendron (fil-o-den dron),. [JNL. (bctiott, 
r lives and thoughts to becoming rich, are just the very 1830), < Gr. QtAo&vopot;, loving trees, < Gr. QiAeiv, 
love, + ScvSpov, a tree.] A genus of araceous 
plants, type of the tribe Philodeiulrese and the 
subfamily Philodendroidex, characterized by a 
fruit not included in the persistent spathe, 
stamens united into a prismatic body, and dis- 
tinct two- to ten-celled ovaries with the orthot- 
ropous ovules fixed to the inner angle of the 
cells. There are about 120 species, natives of tropical 
America. They are climbing shrubs, with broad coria- philology (fi-lol'o-ji), w. 
ceous leaves and short terminal or axillary peduncles, com- T^ ^HL-j- n- _i.-?_7. 
monly in clusters. They bear fleshy white, red, or yellowish 
spathes, and a closely flowered spadix, followed by a dense 
mass of berries. (See Araceee.) Some West Indian species 
are there known as wake-robin. 
philofelistt (fi-lof 'e-list), n. [< Gr. </>iAelv, love, 
+ L./efe, a cat: see Felis] A lover of cats. 
[Rare.] 
Dr. Southey, who is known to be a phUofelist, and con- 
fers honours upon his cats according to their services, has 
raised one to the highest rank in peerage. 
Southey, The Doctor, Fragment of Interchapter. (Domes.) 
[< Gr. (jafaiv, love, 
Also called chris- ~+ y&a, milk: see "galaxy] A lover of milk. 
[Rare.] 
You . . . are a philogalist, and therefore understand . . . 
cat nature. Smithey, Letters (1821), III. 240. (Danes.) 
+ E. garlic.] Loving garlic ; fond of garlic. 
De Quincey, Spanish Nun. [Rare.] 
philogynist (fi-loj'i-nist), n. [< philogyn-y 
+ -ist] A lover of women: the opposite of 
misogynist. 
There are "philogynists" as fanatical as any "misogy- 
nists," who, reversing our antiquated notions, bid the man 
look upon the woman as the higher type of humanity ; who 
ask us to regard the female intellect as the clearer and 
the quicker, if not the stronger. 
BwSey, Lay Sermons (1870), p. 21. 
philogyny (fi-loj'i-ni), n. [= F. philogynie, < 
Gr. (juAo-j'ivla, love of women, < 0(Ao)'!''VJ?f, QIAO- 
yvvof, loving women, < tjitAtiv, love, + yvvti, wo- 
man.] Fondness or admiration for women; 
love of women : the opposite of misogyny. 
petalous order Oleacese and the tribe Oleinex, 
distinguished by broad imbricated corolla- 
lobes, and a drupe with a thin stone. The 4 spe- 
cies are native of the Mediterranean region and the East. 
They are smooth shrubs with opposite evergreen leaves, 
and small greenish-white flowers clustered in the axils, 
hardy and adapted to seaside planting, forming compact 
and ornamental roundish masses, called jasmine box from 
the relationship to the jasmine and resemblance to box. 
philo-. [F. philo- = Sp. It. filo- = Pg. philo-, 
< L. philo-, < Gr. <t>t'Ao-, before a vowel or rough 
breathing Qi'A-, combining form of QtAeiv (ind. 
pres. ip&ea), love, regard with affection, be fond 
of, like or like to do, be wont to do, etc.; < 0t/lof, 
loved, beloved, dear, pleasing; as a noun, a 
friend, neut. QIAOV, an object of love ; later, in 
Uryu'hart, Ir. of Rabelais" i., Author's Prol. (Davies.) 
The combination . . . was and is a fact in language ; 
and its evolution was the effect of some philological force 
which it is the business of philologues to elucidate. 
Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology, ii. 1, 2. 
[Formerly philologie ; 
*= I)~fiT6io(jie = G. "philologie = Sw. Dan. filologi ; 
< F. philologie = Sp. filologia = Pg. philologia, 
filologia = It. flologia = Russ. filologiya, phi- 
lology (see def.), < L. philologia, love of learn- 
ing and literature (Cicero), explanation and 
interpretation of writings (Seneca), < Gr. $t- 
Ao/tay/a, love of dialectic or argument (Plato), 
love of learning and literature (Isocrates, Aris- 
totle), the study of language and history (Plu- 
tarch, etc.), in later use learning in a wide 
sense; < <jiAo>.oyos, fond of words, talkative 
(wine was said to make men so) (Plato), fond 
of speaking (said of an orator) (Plato), fond 
of dialectic or argument (Plato), fond of learn- 
ing and literature, literary, studious, learned 
(Aristotle, Plutarch, etc.); of books, learned, 
scientific (Cicero), later also studious of words 
(Plotinus, Proclus, etc.); as a noun, a learned 
man, student, scholar (see philologue); < QiAciv, 
love, + Aoyof, word, speech, discourse, argu- 
ment: see Logos, and cf. -ology.~\ The love or 
the study of learning and literature; the in- 
vestigation of a language and its literature, 
or of languages and literatures, for the light 
they cast upon men's character, activity, and 
history. The word is sometimes used more especially of 
the study of literary another records, as distinguished 
from that of language, wwlch is called liivjuittic* ; often, 
, 
on the other hand, of the study of language or of lan- 
guages. See quotation under cmnparatire iiliil^niiii, below. 
Philology . . . deals with human speech, and with all 
that sneecli discloses as to the nature and history uf man. 
Whitney, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 765. 
