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leptology

leptology noun: a minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.

Noun

leptology (uncountable)

  1. A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
  2. crystallography

Origin of leptology

From lepto- + -logy.

Questions about leptology

What does leptology mean?
Leptology means a minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
What part of speech is leptology?
Leptology is a noun.

Words near leptology in the dictionary

  1. leptolepidid
  2. leptolepidids
  3. leptolepids
  4. leptolide
  5. leptolithic
  6. leptology
  7. leptolycine
  8. leptolycines
  9. leptoma
  10. leptomata
  11. leptome

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