slovodefinícia
Logomachy
(gcide)
Logomachy \Lo*gom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. ?; lo`gos word + ? fight,
battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.]
1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a
war of words.
[1913 Webster]

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word
"justification" . . . has largely been a mere
logomachy. --L. Abbott.
[1913 Webster]

2. A game of word making.
[1913 Webster]
logomachy
(wn)
logomachy
n 1: argument about words or the meaning of words
logomachy
(devil)
LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds
punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem -- a kind of contest in
which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is
denied the reward of success.

'Tis said by divers of the scholar-men
That poor Salmasius died of Milton's pen.
Alas! we cannot know if this is true,
For reading Milton's wit we perish too.
podobné slovodefinícia
Logomachy
(gcide)
Logomachy \Lo*gom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. ?; lo`gos word + ? fight,
battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.]
1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a
war of words.
[1913 Webster]

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word
"justification" . . . has largely been a mere
logomachy. --L. Abbott.
[1913 Webster]

2. A game of word making.
[1913 Webster]

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