"morology" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-morology.wav
Etymology: From Old Greek μωρολογία (mōrología) (composed of μωρία (mōría, “foolishness”), and λόγος (lógos, “word, talking, science”)). Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} morology (uncountable)
  1. Foolish talk; nonsense. Tags: uncountable Translations (foolish talk; nonsense): Morologie [feminine] (German)
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  2. (humorous) The scientific study of nonsense. Tags: humorous, uncountable
    Sense id: en-morology-en-noun-Sb~muHNO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
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