carphology

American

[kahr-fol-uh-jee] / kɑrˈfɒl ə dʒi /

noun

Pathology.

floccillation.

Etymology

Origin of carphology

1850–55; < New Latin carphologia; Late Latin: fumbling, plucking at straws, blankets < Greek karphología, equivalent to kárpho ( s ) twig, straw, piece of wood + -logia collection; -logy

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Associated words: floccillation, carphology, tilmus. bedim, v. obscure, becloud, adumbrate, overcast. bedlam, n. madhouse, insane asylum; babel, pandemonium. bedroom, n. chamber. bedsore, n. decubitus. bedspread, n. counterpane, coverlet. bed-wetting, n. enuresis. beehive, n. beehouse, apiary, alveary. bees, n. pl.

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