mateology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάτη (mátē, “folly”) + λόγος (lógos, “discourse”): compare French matéologie.

Noun

mateology (uncountable)

1. (dated) A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry.

Translations

vain discourse

• German: Mataiologie (de) f, Matäologie (de) f
• Portuguese: mateologia (pt) f

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mateology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)