parisology

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πάρισος (párisos, almost equal, balanced) +‎ -logy (way of speaking).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

parisology (countable and uncountable, plural parisologies)

  1. The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.

References[edit]

  1. ^ parisology”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.