Technicalia
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Technical details, especially ones that are tedious or of little interest to most people; technicalities. plural, plural-only
"Copernicus himself made few observations but was steeped both in the technicalia of astronomical geometry and in the humanistic tradition."
- 2 Technical language; jargon. plural, plural-only
"[…]though much of the Latin loan material consists of military or governmental technicalia, there exists, in addition, a considerable stratum which provides insight into the lexical equipment of the more popular levels of society."
Example
More examples"Copernicus himself made few observations but was steeped both in the technicalia of astronomical geometry and in the humanistic tradition."
Etymology
By surface analysis, technical + -ia (“a collection of things”). Evidently modelled after other nouns descended from substantivized Latin -ālis adjectives in the neuter plural: marginalia, paraphernalia, generalia, regalia, militaria, etc.
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