parisology
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, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
