phraseology

[ frey-zee-ol-uh-jee ]
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noun
  1. manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.

  2. expressions; phrases: obscure phraseology.

Origin of phraseology

1
First recorded in 1600–10; from New Latin phraseologia (erroneously for unattested Greek phrasiología ), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525–95); see origin at phrase, -o-, -logy

synonym study For phraseology

1. See diction.

Other words from phraseology

  • phra·se·o·log·i·cal [frey-zee-uh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌfreɪ zi əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, phra·se·o·log·ic, adjective
  • phra·se·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for phraseology

phraseology

/ (ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ) /


nounplural -gies
  1. the manner in which words or phrases are used

  2. a set of phrases used by a particular group of people

Derived forms of phraseology

  • phraseological (ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective
  • phraseologically, adverb

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