logolepsy

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noun

A fascination or obsession with words.

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Meanings

nounlogolepsy (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableA fascination or obsession with words.

    Thanks to the magic of teleconferencing, often the format for a given show is call-in, and the phones and airwaves crackle with logolepsy.

    2003, Richard Lederer, A Man of My Words
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    A case of logolepsy is easily distinguished from the perfectly sane mood which demands and imperiosly seizes the pregnant sign, and makes it the exponent of a hidden power.

    1900, Maurice Thompson, My winter garden: a nature-lover under southern skies

Origin

From logo- + -lepsy.

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APA

logolepsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logolepsy

MLA

“logolepsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logolepsy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “logolepsy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logolepsy.

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