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hoplological

hoplological adjective: of or pertaining to hoplology.

Adjective

hoplological (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to hoplology.
    • Third, hoplological analysis suggests that research be conducted by individuals trained in combative arts.1978, Play, Anthropological Perspectives, Leisure Press, page 81
    • His own fine collection is now in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, and his book The Sword and Womankind — in which he maintains that feminine wiles have caused man to degenerate in physique and have thus brought about the "humiliation" and diminution of the sword — is, in spite of its curious argument, a...1986, Stephen V. Grancsay, editor, Arms & Armor: Essays from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 1920-1964, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 293

Origin of hoplological

From hoplology + -ical.

Questions about hoplological

What does hoplological mean?
Hoplological means of or pertaining to hoplology.
What part of speech is hoplological?
Hoplological is an adjective.

Words near hoplological in the dictionary

  1. hoplochrism
  2. hoplochrisme
  3. hoplolaimid
  4. hoplolaimids
  5. hoplolatry
  6. hoplological
  7. hoplologist
  8. hoplologists
  9. hoplology
  10. hoplomachi
  11. hoplomachic

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