acirologia

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin acyrologiam.

Noun

acirologia f (plural acirologie)

  1. (grammar) acyrology

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acyrologia, from Ancient Greek ἀκυρολογία (akurología). First attested in c. 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.si.ɾu.luˈʒi.ɐ/

  • Hyphenation: a‧ci‧ro‧lo‧gi‧a

Noun

acirologia f (plural acirologias)

  1. (rhetoric) acyrologia (improper use of a word)

References

  1. ^ Machado, José Pedro (1995), “Acirologia”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I (A–B), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 75

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