glottogonist /ɡlɒˈtɒɡənɪst/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Related to glottogony.What ultimately doomed these early glottogonist speculations was that they all took on the impossible task of arguing for a single origin of all aspects of language. — 2022 noun1 •One who studies glottogony.The sixteenth century saw the emergence of the first European glottogonists, scholars who study the origin of language. — 2022 formsglottogonists