See Also: glottochronology(dictionary)

smeddum (iou) and glottochronology (iou)


smeddum (iou)



smeddum noun. See also SMIDDUM.
[Old English smed(e)ma, of unkn. origin. Cf. SMITHAM.]
A fine powder, esp. fine flour or malt. obsolete exc. Hist. OE.
b. Mining. = SMITHAM 2. M18.
Spirit, go; mental or physical vigour. Scot. L18.

glottochronology (iou)



glottochronology noun. M20.
[from GLOTTO- + CHRONOLOGY.]
Linguistics. The use of statistics to determine the degree of relationship between two or more Languages and the chronology of their divergence from a common source.
glottochrono'logic,
glottochrono'logical adjectives M20.