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logodaedalist

logodaedalist noun: one skilled in logodaedaly, that is, the use of words or wordplay.

Noun

logodaedalist (plural logodaedalists)

  1. One skilled in logodaedaly, that is, the use of words or wordplay.
    • But when pedants have the effrontery to address the public from the pulpit or the chair, in technical phraseology, calculated singly for the school, that cannot be properly charged on any philosophic system, any more than the follies of a logodaedalist are to be charged on grammar.1886, Immanuel Kant, John William Semple, Henry Calderwood, The metaphysic of ethics, page 154

Forms of logodaedalist

plurallogodaedalists
alternative formlogodædalist

Origin of logodaedalist

From logodaedaly + -ist.

Questions about logodaedalist

What does logodaedalist mean?
Logodaedalist means one skilled in logodaedaly, that is, the use of words or wordplay.
What part of speech is logodaedalist?
Logodaedalist is a noun.
What is the plural of logodaedalist?
The plural of logodaedalist is logodaedalists.

Words near logodaedalist in the dictionary

  1. logocrats
  2. logocyclic curve
  3. logocyclic curves
  4. logodaedalic
  5. logodaedalies
  6. logodaedalist
  7. logodaedalists
  8. logodaedalus
  9. logodaedaluses
  10. logodaedaly
  11. logodædalist

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