English Explanatory Dictionary

technicalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Technical details, especially ones that are tedious or of little interest to nonspecialists; technicalities.
  2. Technical language; jargon.

Pronunciation

/ˌtɛknɪˈkeɪli.ə/

Word forms

technicalia

Etymology

By surface analysis, technical + -ia (“a collection of things”). Evidently modelled after other nouns descended from substantivized Latin -ālis adjectives in the neuter plural: marginalia, paraphernalia, generalia, regalia, militaria, etc.

Related words

technicality
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