panurgy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, pan- +‎ -urgy.

Noun

panurgy (usually uncountable, plural panurgies)

1. 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

• panurgic

References

• “panurgy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.