phraseology
noun /ˌfreɪziˈɒlədʒi/
/ˌfreɪziˈɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable] (formal)- the particular way in which words and phrases are arranged when saying or writing something
- legal phraseology
- Simple phraseology throughout makes the work easily accessible.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin phraseologia, from Greek phraseōn, genitive plural of phrasis ‘a phrase’ + -logia (see -logy).