Etymology

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Today it means: Ambiguous or equivocal speech or discourse. Full definition →

Latin dilogia ← Ancient Greek διλογία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιλογία“repetition”
  2. Latin · derived fromdilogia
  3. English todaydilogy

From Latin dilogia, from Ancient Greek διλογία (dilogía, “repetition”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy”).

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