English Explanatory Dictionary

mataeotechny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unprofitable or pointless science, skill, or activity.

Word forms

mataeotechny

Etymology

A 16th-century borrowing from Ancient Greek ματαιοτεχνία (mataiotekhnía, “a useless art or skill”).

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