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phraseology
- /fɹeɪziˈɑləd͡ʒi/ US
- /fɹeɪzˈɑləd͡ʒi/ US
- /fɹeɪziˈɒləd͡ʒɪ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “speech”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”).
noun phraseologies
- Study of set or fixed expressions.
- The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech. I was riding through the forest, when suddenly (pray correct my phraseology if too worldly—you know I am not well read in these epics of the heart) I saw a knight and his lady traversing one of the glades; the golden sunshine fell athwart the green leaves, and showed their white steeds and whiter pl
- A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group. Fortunately, two servants she had brought with her, were devotedly attached to their mistress; and the others only entering her apartments at rare intervals, did not understand her mystic allusions; and she now, more than ever, affected to veil her meaning under the mysterious phraseology so much ad
- A collection of phrases; a phrasebook.
