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Definition of Logomach
1. Noun. Someone given to disputes over words.
Generic synonyms: Controversialist, Disputant, Eristic
Derivative terms: Logomachy
Definition of Logomach
1. Noun. Someone who argues about the meaning of words. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Logomach
1. one given to arguing about words [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Logomach
Literary usage of Logomach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Logic: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the by Richard Whately (1854)
"But when verbal questions are mistaken for real, much confusion of thought and
unprofitable wrangling—what is usually designated as logomach,y—will be ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and by Samuel Rolles Driver, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie (1908)
"... brushes it aside as a mere pretence of logomach т (Dr. «u. Dei, ix. 6 ; De Dis.
Quast. il. 4: Lib. de mor. Sed Cath. 27). ..."
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