"speechlore" meaning in All languages combined

See speechlore on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈspiːt͡ʃˌlɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈspit͡ʃˌloɹ/ [General-American]
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  1. (puristic) The science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (nonce word) Philology; grammar. Tags: nonce-word, uncountable
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          "text": "I know it may be said that place names are very unsafe ground, as they are mostly taken by wild casts of thought ; but the truth is that they are more or less trustworthy, as they are taken upon wider or narrower grounds of speechlore.",
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          "text": "It says they were driven forth by another race; and it is markworthy that it makes the Magyares, or Hungarians as we call them, to be what speechlore has now found them to be, Finns, or of the Finnish race, [...]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈspit͡ʃˌloɹ/",
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        "General-American"
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}

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