English Explanatory Dictionary

dontopedalogy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The art of putting one's foot in one's mouth.

Word forms

dontopedalogy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) and pes (“foot”), + -logy. Purportedly coined in 1960 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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