"morology" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Old Greek μωρολογία (mōrología) (composed of μωρία (mōría, “foolishness”), and λόγος (lógos, “word, talking, science”)). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|μωρολογία}} μωρολογία (mōrología), {{m|grc|μωρία||foolishness}} μωρία (mōría, “foolishness”), {{m|grc|λόγος||word, talking, science}} λόγος (lógos, “word, talking, science”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} morology (uncountable)
  1. Foolish talk; nonsense. Tags: uncountable Translations (foolish talk; nonsense): Morologie [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-morology-en-noun-aCFIIE14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'foolish talk; nonsense': 94 6
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

Download JSON data for morology meaning in English (1.8kB)

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