- macrology
- mac·rol·o·gy
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macrology
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Macrology — Ma*crol o*gy, n. [L. macrologia, Gr. ?; ? long + lo gos discourse: cf. F. macrologie.] Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
macrology — noun Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words … Wiktionary
macrology — n. Prolonged discourse, with little or nothing to say. Related Word: content free Category: Sociology (General) … New words
macrology — n. long and boring talk without much meaning; extended discussion without ideas; superfluity of words … English contemporary dictionary
macrology — n. redundancy, especially pleonasm … Dictionary of difficult words
macrology — maˈkräləjē noun ( es) Etymology: Latin macrologia, from Greek makrologia, from makrologein to use many words, from makr macr + logein (from logos word, speech) + ia y more at legend : pleonasm 1 … Useful english dictionary
Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj … English dictionary for students
Sociology (General) — Sociology General acoustic privacy adorkable age heaping anticipointment antiskeptic banana problem behalfism … New words
content-free — n. A message or communication that is big on style but almost totally lacking in substance. Example Citation: For all the leaders talk of health care plans and deficit targets, the debate was remarkably content free. Related Word: macrology… … New words
abundance — Synonyms and related words: accumulation, acres, adequacy, affluence, amassment, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, backlog, bags, barrels, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness, budget, bumper crop, bushel, cloud of words,… … Moby Thesaurus
