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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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 Project Gutenberg
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.
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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.
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