agriology
(ægrɪˈɒlədʒɪ)
[f. Gr. ἄγριος wild, savage: see -ology.]
The comparative study of the history and customs of primitive or uncivilized peoples. Hence agrioˈlogical a.
| 1878 Fraser's Mag. XVII. 730 Trying the law..of euphony and prosody in face of the agriology of the day. Ibid. 733 Mr. Sayce..threatens to make agriological scalps the only wear in glottology. 1886 Jrnl. Educ. 1 Apr. 152/1 The new lights thrown on the early stages of society by..what may be called Agriology. |