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orismology

[ awr-iz-mol-uh-jee, or- ]

noun

  1. the science of defining the technical or special terms of a particular subject or field of study.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of orismology1

1810–20; < Greek horism ( ó²õ ) definition, lit, marking of boundaries (derivative of ³ó´Ç°ùí³ú±ð¾±²Ô to delimit, make a boundary; horizon ) + -o- + -logy, with erroneous omission of initial h-
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Orismology, or-is-mol′Å-ji, n. the science of defining technical terms.—adjs.

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Lafcadio Hearn, with his shy, sensitive nature, would have shuddered at the "plangent phrases and canorous orismology" that have been bestowed upon him by his friends.

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Associated words: nominal, nominally, titular, titulary, onomatology, patronomatology, onomasticon, orismology, pseudepigraphy, pseudonymity, roster, register, née, nomancy, namesake, eponymy, of that ilk, nomenclator, heteronym, synedoche, nominative. name, v. entitle, denominate, style, call, christen, dub, term; designate, specify, nominate. nameless, a. unnamed; undistinguished, inglorious, unknown, obscure; anonymous; unnamable, inexpressible. namelessness, n. anonymity; obscurity. names, n. pl. nomenclature, terminology.

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