parisology
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πάρισος (párisos, “almost equal, balanced”) + -logy (“way of speaking”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pærɪˈsɒləd͡ʒi/
Noun
[edit]parisology (countable and uncountable, plural parisologies)
- The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
References
[edit]- ^ “parisology”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.