acirologia

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin acyrologiam.

Noun

acirologia f (plural acirologie)

  1. (grammar) acyrology

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acyrologia, from Ancient Greek ἀκυρολογία (akurología). First attested in c. 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.ɾo.loˈʒi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.ɾo.loˈʒi.a/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.si.ɾu.luˈʒi.ɐ/

  • Hyphenation: a‧ci‧ro‧lo‧gi‧a

Noun

acirologia f (plural acirologias)

  1. (rhetoric) acyrologia (improper use of a word)

References
  1. José Pedro Machado (1995) “Acirologia”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 75
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