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Macrology   Listen
noun
Macrology  n.  Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Macrology" Quotes from Famous Books



... n. Syn. {ASCII art}. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings. "His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare {macrology}. ...
— THE JARGON FILE, VERSION 2.9.10

... with fluxion tip my pen, For rutilant dignotion would I earn; As rhetor wise depeint me unto men: A thing or two I ghess they'll have to learn Ere they percipience can claim of what I'm up To, in macrology so very sharp as this; Off food oxygian hid them come and sup, Until, from very weariness, ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various



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