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| Matching Terms: | | logomach, logomachist
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lo*gom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? word + ? fight, battle,
contest: cf. F. logomachie.]
1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a
war of words.
The discussion concerning the meaning of the word ``
justification'' . . . has largely been a mere
logomachy. --L. Abbott.
2. A game of word making.
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