panurgy
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek, pan- + -urgy.
Noun edit
panurgy (usually uncountable, plural panurgies)
- Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.
- 1707, Nicholas Ling, Politeuphuia, Wits Common-Wealth:
- Wisdom and Eloquence without Truth and Justice are a Panurgy, that is to say, a guile or slight, such as Parasites use in Comedies
Related terms edit
References edit
- “panurgy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.