alogia

[uh-loh-juh, -jee-uh]

a·lo·gia

[uh-loh-juh, -jee-uh]
noun Pathology.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin < Greek álog(os) (< a- a-6 + -logos, adj. derivative of lógos speech, akin to légein to speak) + Neo-Latin -ia -ia
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Alogia is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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alogia a·lo·gi·a (ə-lō'jē-ə)
n.
The inability to speak because of mental deficiency, mental confusion, or aphasia.

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