Phraseology \Phra`se*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, phrase + -logy: cf.
F. phras['e]ologie.]
1. Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.
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Most completely national in his . . . phraseology.
--I. Taylor.
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2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [R.]
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Syn: Diction; style. See Diction.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
phraseology
n : the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use
concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction,
phrasing, choice of words, verbiage]
WordNet (r) 2.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "phraseology":
argot, cant, choice of words, composition, dialect, diction,
expression, formulation, gibberish, gobbledygook, grammar, idiom,
jargon, language, langue, lexicon, lexis, lingo, lingua, locution,
mumbo jumbo, parlance, parole, patois, patter, personal usage,
phrase, phrasing, rhetoric, scatology, slang, speech,
stock of words, taboo language, talk, thesaurus, tongue, usage,
use of words, usus loquendi, verbalism, verbiage, vernacular,
vocabulary, vulgar language, wordage, wordhoard, wording, words
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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