Note 2 — Chapter I · Of Palætiological Sciences in General.
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A philological writer, in a very interesting work (Mr. Donaldson, in his New Cratylus, p. 12), expresses his dislike of this word, and suggests that I must mean palæ-ætiological. I think the word is more likely to obtain currency in the more compact and euphonious form in which I have used it. It has been adopted by Mr. Winning, in his Manual of Comparative Philology, and more recently, by other writers.