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logolepsy

logolepsy noun: a fascination or obsession with words.

Noun

logolepsy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A fascination or obsession with words.
    • Thanks to the magic of teleconferencing, often the format for a given show is call-in, and the phones and airwaves crackle with logolepsy.2003, Richard Lederer, A Man of My Words
    • A case of logolepsy is easily distinguished from the perfectly sane mood which demands and imperiosly seizes the pregnant sign, and makes it the exponent of a hidden power.1900, Maurice Thompson, My winter garden: a nature-lover under southern skies

Origin of logolepsy

From logo- + -lepsy.

Questions about logolepsy

What does logolepsy mean?
Logolepsy means a fascination or obsession with words.
What part of speech is logolepsy?
Logolepsy is a noun.

Words near logolepsy in the dictionary

  1. logoi
  2. logojet
  3. logojets
  4. logokophosis
  5. logolatry
  6. logolepsy
  7. logolept
  8. logolepts
  9. logoless
  10. Logoli
  11. logological

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