parisology
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάρισος (párisos, “almost equal, balanced”) + -logy (“way of speaking”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pærɪˈsɒləd͡ʒi/
Noun
parisology (countable and uncountable, plural parisologies)
- The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
References
- ^ “parisology”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
