onomatology

[ on-uh-muh-tol-uh-jee ]

/ ˌɒn ə məˈtɒl ə dʒi /

noun

Nearby words

onnagata, onomasiology, onomastic, onomasticon, onomastics, onomatology, onomatomania, onomatophobia, onomatopoeia, onondaga, onondagan

Origin of onomatology

1840–50; < Medieval Greek onomatología, equivalent to Greek onomatológ(os) collector of words (onomato-, combining form of ónoma name + -logos; see logos) + -ia -ia; see -logy

Related forms

on·o·mat·o·log·ic

[on-uh-mat-l-oj-ik] /ˌɒn əˌmæt lˈɒdʒ ɪk/, on·o·mat·o·log·i·cal, adjectiveon·o·mat·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbon·o·ma·tol·o·ist, noun

Examples from the Web for onomatology

Look, for instance, at his ingenious quaintness in the matter of onomatology.
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