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wordology

wordology noun: the study of words.

Noun

wordology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of words.
    • A student may learn whole volumes of scientific wordology, and graduate from the school in which he has been educated with as little knowledge of the objects to which they apply as a barnacle has of ship building.1860, New York Teacher: UFT bulletin, volume 9, page 9

Origin of wordology

From word + -ology.

Questions about wordology

What does wordology mean?
Wordology means the study of words.
What part of speech is wordology?
Wordology is a noun.

Words near wordology in the dictionary

  1. wordnik
  2. wordniks
  3. wordoid
  4. wordoids
  5. wordoku
  6. wordology
  7. wordplay
  8. wordplayer
  9. wordplayers
  10. wordplayfully
  11. wordplays

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