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Logomachy

noun
1.
Argument about words or the meaning of words.





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"Logomachy" Quotes from Famous Books



... willing to watch the logomachy when it should arrive, I had no wish to take part. I was willing to make money, but not to make enemies, so Nimrod and I removed ourselves as much as possible from the Cartersville Hotel, took long walks and rides over the glorious Chihuahua Mountains, poked around the abandoned ...
— A Woman Tenderfoot • Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
... Ka-u. The same word also means to step on, to climb. This double-meaning gives the poet opportunity for a euphuistic word-play that was much enjoyed by the Hawaiians. The Hawaiians of the present day are not quite up to this sort of logomachy.] ...
— Unwritten Literature of Hawaii - The Sacred Songs of the Hula • Nathaniel Bright Emerson


Words linked to "Logomachy" :   debate, argumentation, logomachist, argument


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