panurgy

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek, pan- +‎ -urgy.

Noun

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panurgy (usually uncountable, plural panurgies)

  1. Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.
    • 1707, Nicholas Ling, Politeuphuia, Wits Common-Wealth:
      Wisdom and Eloquence without Truth and Justice are a Panurgy, that is to say, a guile or slight, such as Parasites use in Comedies
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