Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Ma*crol"o*gy\, n. [L. macrologia, Gr. ?; ? long + ? discourse: cf. F. macrologie.] Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
Computing Dictionary/mak-rol'*-jee/ 1. Set of usually complex or crufty macros, e.g. as part of a large system written in lisp, teco, or (less commonly) assembler.
2. The art and science involved in comprehending a macrology. Sometimes studying the macrology of a system is not unlike archaeology, ecology, or theology, hence the sound-alike construction. See also boxology.