Further Antedating of "Linguistic"

[Fred Shapiro]

linguistic (OED 1856)

1828 _Quarterly Journal of the American Education Society_ July 85  The
American Ed. Society have taken as high ground, in regard to the
_classical_ education of the young men under their care, as the state of
linguistic study in our country will permit.

Fred Shapiro


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