English Explanatory Dictionary

logology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The scientific study of words.
  2. The study of logos (visual symbols or emblems).
  3. The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.
  4. The study of words in search for divine truth.
  5. The field of recreational linguistics.

Word forms

logology logologies

Etymology

From logo- + -ology. In the sense “recreational linguistics” popularized by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (1965).

Synonyms

lexicology recreational linguistics

Derived words

logological logologist

Translations

Finnish: sanaseppoilu
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