cereology
Syllables: ce·re·o·lo·gy/sɪ.ə.ɹɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/US/sɪ.ə.ɹɪˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
cereology noun: the investigation, or practice, of creating crop circles.
Noun
cereology (uncountable)
- The investigation, or practice, of creating crop circles.
- […] the array of experts who have collaborated to found the Centre for Crop Circle Studies and co-author The Crop Circle Enigma, the parents of cereology […]1990 October–December, New Scientist, volume 128, London: New Science Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 61
- The result of all this has been to throw the world of cereology into a state of total confusion. All its previous certainties have been demolished.1991, “Editorial notes”, in The Cereologist: The Journal for Crop Circles Studies, Shepton Mallet, Somerset: The Cereologist, OCLC 877349523, page 5; quoted in Gordon Stein, “Crop Circles”, in The...
Forms of cereology
| alternative form | cerealogy |
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Origin of cereology
From Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”) + -ology.
Questions about cereology
- What does cereology mean?
- Cereology means the investigation, or practice, of creating crop circles.
- What part of speech is cereology?
- Cereology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cereology?
- Cereology is pronounced /sɪ.ə.ɹɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/ (UK).
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