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sciomachy

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sci⋅om⋅a⋅chy

  [sahy-om-uh-kee]
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–noun, plural -chies.
sciamachy.

sci⋅am⋅a⋅chy

  [sahy-am-uh-kee]
–noun, plural -chies.
an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.
Also, sciomachy.

Origin:
1615–25; < Gk skiamachía, equiv. to skiá shadow + -machia -machy
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sciamachy 
"fighting with shadows, shadow-boxing" 1623, from Gk. skiamakhia "shadow-fighting, a sham fight" but perhaps lit. "fighting in the shade" (i.e., in school), from skia "shade, shadow" + makhe "battle."
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