idiomography

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noun

The study of idioms in language.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounidiomography (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe study of idioms in language.

    To settle these questions, the science of idiomography should be founded on conventional laws, like the Linnæan system. But can such an idea be now proposed?

    1827, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 1, page 392
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