Dictionary entry

Neogrammarian

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ne′o‐gram‐ma″ri‐an (?), 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. — Ne′o‐gram‐mat″ic‐al (#), a.