Definition of Logomechy

Definition of Logomechy

Lo*gom"a*chy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; lo`gos word + &?; fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.] 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . has largely been a mere logomachy.

L. Abbott.

2. A game of word making.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds
punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem -- a kind of contest in
which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is
denied the reward of success.

'Tis said by divers of the scholar-men
That poor Salmasius died of Milton's pen.
Alas! we cannot know if this is true,
For reading Milton's wit we perish too.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

dispute over the meaning of words
a conflict waged only as a battle of words

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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