macrology

macrology
mac·rol·o·gy

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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

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