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mateology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ma-te-ol-o-gy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

vain, pointless discourse or inquiry; waffle.

Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάτη (mátē, “folly”) + λόγος (lógos, “discourse”): compare French matéologie.

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Questions

What does mateology mean?
vain, pointless discourse or inquiry; waffle.
Where does mateology come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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