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curiology

curiology is the alternative form of kyriology.

Meaning of kyriology

Noun

kyriology (uncountable)

  1. The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure language.
    • KYRIOLEXY, KYRIOLOGY (Gr.), the use of literal expressions, as opposed to figurative […]1878, Charles Porterfield Krauth, William Fleming, Henry Calderwood, A Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences
    Synonyms:
    kyriolexy

Questions about curiology

What is curiology the alternative form of?
Curiology is the alternative form of kyriology.

Words near curiology in the dictionary

  1. Curington
  2. Curingtons
  3. curio
  4. curiologic
  5. curiologically
  6. curiology
  7. curiomaniac
  8. curiomaniacs
  9. curios
  10. curiosa
  11. curiositie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curiology (page history and authors); kyriology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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