Meaning of logodaedaly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Cleverness or skill in the coining of new words.
   countable, rare, uncountable
2. A cleverly or skilfully coined new word.
   countable, rare, uncountable

Examples

“In questions of philosophy or divinity, that have⟳ occupied the learned, I could bring⟳ ten instances of logodaedaly, or verbal legerdemain, which have⟳ perilously confirmed prejudices, and withstood the advancement of truth, in consequence of the neglect⟳ of verbal debate⟳, i. e. strict discussion of terms.”

“He mimed and mocked me. His allusions were definitely highbrow. He was well-read. He knew French. He was versed in logodaedaly and logomancy.”

“In "Sharps and Flats," the reader might well get⟳ instruction on the proper use⟳ of farther and further or an essay on logodaedaly.”

“...During his flight, he said, he commenced an interesting train⟳ of speculation On why there happened to be such a word as defenestration. There is not, he said, a special word for being rolled down a roof into a gutter; There is no verb to describe⟳ the action of beating a man to death with a putter; No adjective exists to qualify⟳ a man bound to the buffer of the 12.10 to Ealing, No abstract noun to mollify a man hung upside down by his ankles from the ceiling. Why, then, of all the possible offences so distressing to humanitarians, Should this one alone have⟳ caught the attention of the verbarians? I concluded (said McIndoe) that the incidence of logodaedaly was purely adventitious...”

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