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CIDE DICTIONARY

neogrammarian, n. [Neo- + grammarian; a translation of G. junggrammatiker.].

One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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