Orismology
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The explanation of technical terms. rare, uncountable
- 2 Technical terms collectively; terminology. rare, uncountable
"In the Terminology, or what, to avoid the barbarism of a word compounded of Latin and Greek, they would beg to call the Orismology of the science, they have endeavoured to introduce throughout a greater degree of precision and concinnity—dividing it into general and partial Orismology; […]"
Example
More examples"In the Terminology, or what, to avoid the barbarism of a word compounded of Latin and Greek, they would beg to call the Orismology of the science, they have endeavoured to introduce throughout a greater degree of precision and concinnity—dividing it into general and partial Orismology; […]"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁρισμός (horismós, “definition”) + -logy.
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