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micrology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-crol-o-gy
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.

Uncountable

noun

That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy.

Uncountable

Etymology

Sense 1 is borrowed directly from Ancient Greek μικρολογία (mikrología, “pettiness, stinginess, triviality”), with the suffix reinterpreted as -logy. Sense 2 is micro- + -logy, effectively the same etymological components.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

micrologies (plural)

Derived Forms

micrologic micrologist

Questions

What does micrology mean?
The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.
Where does micrology come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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