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logogriph

[ law-guh-grif, log-uh- ]

noun

  1. an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
  2. a puzzle in which a certain word, and other words formed from any or all of its letters, must be guessed from indications given in a set of verses.


logogriph

/ ˈ±ôɒɡəʊˌɡ°ùɪ´Ú /

noun

  1. a word puzzle, esp one based on recombination of the letters of a word
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±ô´Ç²µ´Çˈ²µ°ù¾±±è³ó¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô´Ç²µî€…o·²µ°ù¾±±è³ói³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of logogriph1

First recorded in 1590–1600; logo- + Greek ²µ°ùî±è³ó´Ç²õ “(woven) fishing basket, creel; something intricate, dark saying, riddleâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of logogriph1

C16: via French from logo- + Greek ²µ°ùÄ«±è³ó´Ç²õ puzzle
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Example Sentences

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Logogriph, log′Å-grif, n. a riddle.

From

With a little effort, I might, like any one else, be able to give you an interpretation of this logogriph, which might appear to have something in it.

From

There happened early on the borders of the Nile, what has since been repeated in every country; as soon as a new system was formed its novelty excited quarrels and schisms; then, gaining credit by persecution itself, sometimes it effaced antecedent ideas, sometimes it modified and incorporated them; then, by the intervention of political revolutions, the aggregation of states and the mixture of nations confused all opinions; and the filiation of ideas being lost, theology fell into a chaos, and became a mere logogriph of old traditions no longer understood.

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