panurgy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, pan- + -urgy.

Noun

panurgy (usually uncountable, plural panurgies)

  1. Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.
    • 1707, Nicholas Ling, Politeuphuia, Wits Common-Wealth:
      Wisdom and Eloquence without Truth and Justice are a Panurgy, that is to say, a guile or slight, such as Parasites use in Comedies

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