potamology

American

[pot-uh-mol-uh-jee] / ˌpɒt əˈmɒl ə dʒi /

noun

the study of rivers.

potamology British

/ ˌpɒtəˈmɒlədʒɪ /

noun

obsolete the scientific study of rivers

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Etymology

Origin of potamology

C19: from Greek potamos river + _-logy

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He occasionally coins words such as Potamology for the study of rivers, and Chapter cxxxiv is headed— "A transition, an anecdote, an apostrophe, and a pun, punnet, or pundigrion."

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

Potamology, pot-a-mol′ō-ji, n. the scientific study of rivers.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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