logomachyn.

Brit.

/lə(ʊ)ˈɡɒməki/, U.S.

/loʊˈɡɑməki/

Forms: 1500s–1600s logomachie, 1600s– logomachy; also 1600s–1700s in Latin form logomachia. plural logomachies; also 1700s logomachys.

Etymology: < Greek λογομαχία, < λόγος word + -μαχία fighting.

1. Contention about words; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > about words

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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 169 Of so high a science they have made a certaine Logomachie.

1675 T. Tully Let. to R. Baxter 16 Which you seem to place amongst your Logomachies, or Logicall notions.

1711 tr. S. Werenfels (title) A Discourse of Logomachys, or Controversies about Words.

?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 25 The Sophistry call'd Logomochia [sic], or punning with and upon Words.

1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. ii. 122 This quarrel tending to vain logomachies..ended in confusion.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xv. §1. 98 The reproach of logomachy, which is brought..against the speculations of political economists.

1882 M. Arnold Irish Ess. Pref. p. xi The barren logomachies of Plato's Theætetus are relieved by half a dozen immortal pages.

1901 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 289 It shows how much of mere logomachy there is in these disputes.

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2. ? U.S. ‘A game of cards each containing one letter with which words are formed’ ( Cent. Dict.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	logomachy
释义	logomachyn. Brit. /lə(ʊ)ˈɡɒməki/, U.S. /loʊˈɡɑməki/ Forms: 1500s–1600s logomachie, 1600s– logomachy; also 1600s–1700s in Latin form logomachia. plural logomachies; also 1700s logomachys. Etymology: < Greek λογομαχία, < λόγος word + -μαχία fighting. 1. Contention about words; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > about words logomachy1569 word-strifea1670 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 169 Of so high a science they have made a certaine Logomachie. 1675 T. Tully Let. to R. Baxter 16 Which you seem to place amongst your Logomachies, or Logicall notions. 1711 tr. S. Werenfels (title) A Discourse of Logomachys, or Controversies about Words. ?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 25 The Sophistry call'd Logomochia [sic], or punning with and upon Words. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. ii. 122 This quarrel tending to vain logomachies..ended in confusion. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xv. §1. 98 The reproach of logomachy, which is brought..against the speculations of political economists. 1882 M. Arnold Irish Ess. Pref. p. xi The barren logomachies of Plato's Theætetus are relieved by half a dozen immortal pages. 1901 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 289 It shows how much of mere logomachy there is in these disputes. Categories » 2. ? U.S. ‘A game of cards each containing one letter with which words are formed’ ( Cent. Dict.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569
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