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Words made with combining forms



This week's words

monology

logomachy

phylogeny

scotophobia

epigraphy



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logomachy PRONUNCIATION: (luh-GOM-uh-kee)

MEANING: noun:

1. A dispute about words.

2. A battle fought with words.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek logo- (word) + -machy (battle). Earliest documented use: 1569.

USAGE: "Raymond Queneau's most attractive books are founded on a logomachy in which fine words are pitted against the not so fine."

John Sturrock; The Word From Paris; Verso; 1998.

See more usage examples of logomachy in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative. -Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983)





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