dyslogistic
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dyslogistically adverb
Etymology
Origin of dyslogistic
First recorded in 1795–1805; dys- + (eu)logistic
Example Sentences
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And with every dyslogistic term, which he supposed had been applied to himself, he inflicted a new bruise on his rolling and roaring antagonist.
From Crotchet Castle by Peacock, Thomas Love
It has come to be a dyslogistic term, partly because all myths are lies, but still more because some of them are ignoble lies.
From The Idea of God in Early Religions by Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
As applied to the immature male of our kind, the adjective "good" seems to have been perverted from its original and ordinary signification, and to have acquired a dyslogistic one.
From The Fiend's Delight by Bierce, Ambrose
The Germans have two words for what we call Mysticism—Mystik and Mysticismus, the latter being generally dyslogistic.
From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph
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