logodaedaly


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logodaedaly

(ˌlɒɡəʊˈdiːdəlɪ)
n
(Linguistics) rare the cunning or skilful use of words
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logodaedaly

Rare. a cunning with words; verbal legerdemain. Also logodaedalus.
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Logodaedaly is filled with odd reflections and odder usage for words unheard of by even the most educated in English.
Logodaedaly, or, Sleight-of-Words
ErzA[c]bet Gilbert (author), Sherise Talbott (illustrator); LOGODAEDALY, OR, SLEIGHT OF WORDS; Wolverine Farm Publishing (Nonfiction: Reference) 18ドル.95 ISBN: 9780982337295
Logodaedaly would make a welcome gift to anyone interested in the English language, from linguists to librarians.
My motive is more frivolous--an urge to play logodaedaly just for fun, cavalierly ignoring my vast ignorance of existing words.
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The book, from dictionary publishers Oxford University Press, is the third from McKean on her pet subject of logodaedaly - or wordplay - because examples keep getting discovered.
Bablatrice gives me a woofit