Quasi-etymological
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Based on faulty etymological grounds or reasoning; employing the techniques of etymology but not in a rigorous, scholarly, or accurate manner. not-comparable
"There was argument, public, private, and bar-parlor, with heated championship of one term or another on near-scientific, quasi-etymological, and a number of other grounds, but gradually one term began to dominate this philological gymkhana."
Example
More examples"There was argument, public, private, and bar-parlor, with heated championship of one term or another on near-scientific, quasi-etymological, and a number of other grounds, but gradually one term began to dominate this philological gymkhana."
Etymology
From quasi- + etymological.
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