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acyrology

/ˌæsɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/

acyrology noun: the incorrect use of language.

Noun

acyrology (uncountable)

  1. (Early, Modern, archaic) The incorrect use of language.
    • Ancient commentators found the phrase distinctive, as well, but in a peculiar way: one of them labelled [one phrase] an instance of catachresis, a type of solecism. Similarly, Servius calls [another] an instance of acyrology, also a type of solecism.2016, Joseph Farrell, “Ancient Commentaries on Theocritus’ Idylls and Virgil’s Eclogues”, in Christina S. Kraus, Christopher Stray, editors, Classical Commentaries: Explorations in a Scholarly Genre...

Questions about acyrology

What does acyrology mean?
Acyrology means the incorrect use of language.
What part of speech is acyrology?
Acyrology is a noun.
How do you pronounce acyrology?
Acyrology is pronounced /ˌæsɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/.

Words near acyrology in the dictionary

  1. acylthioureas
  2. acyltransferase
  3. acyltransferases
  4. acypetacs
  5. acyrologia
  6. acyrology
  7. acyron
  8. acystia
  9. acystidiate
  10. acytokinetic
  11. Acâș

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