Word of the day: Logomachy

[kerravonsen]

Logomachy \Lo*gom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. ?; lo`gos word + ? fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.]

1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word "justification" . . . has largely been a mere logomachy.
--L. Abbott.

2. A game of word making.

I found this when I was looking for a synonym for "battle".

Comments

[capri0mni]

2. A game of word making.

Ooh! I wanna play! Anybody know the rules? ;-)

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

A nice word indeed:-)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do like this one {adds to vocab... now to find an excuse to use it }

[kerravonsen]

(grin) I thought you would.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

So Blake and Avon definitely have a logomachy every now and then!