alogy

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noun

unreasonableness, absurdity

OriginLatin alogia →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteunreasonableness, absurdity

    The error therefore and Alogie in this opinion, is worſe then in the laſt[…]

    1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Bever”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 113

Origin

  1. Latinalogia
  2. Englishalogy

Learned borrowing from Latin alogia, from Ancient Greek.

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APA

alogy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alogy

MLA

“alogy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alogy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alogy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alogy.

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