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English Dictionary: logomachy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
logomachy
n
  1. argument about words or the meaning of words
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Logomachy \Lo*gom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] 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
                     [bd] justification[b8] . . . has largely been a mere
                     logomachy.                                          --L. Abbott.
  
      2. A game of word making.
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