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alogy

alogy noun: unreasonableness, absurdity.

Noun

alogy

  1. (obsolete) unreasonableness, absurdity
    • The error therefore and Alogie in this opinion, is worſe then in the laſt[…]1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Bever”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 113

Origin of alogy

Learned borrowing from Latin alogia, from Ancient Greek.

Questions about alogy

What does alogy mean?
Alogy means unreasonableness, absurdity.
What part of speech is alogy?
Alogy is a noun.

Words near alogy in the dictionary

  1. alogism
  2. alogisms
  3. alogliptin
  4. Alogoog
  5. Aloguinsan
  6. alogy
  7. aloha
  8. aloha parties
  9. aloha party
  10. aloha shirt
  11. aloha shirts

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