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Neology

noun
1.
A newly invented word or phrase.  Synonyms: coinage, neologism.
2.
The act of inventing a word or phrase.  Synonyms: coinage, neologism.






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"Neology" Quotes from Famous Books



... disease and the patient, and that they shall enjoy the simple privilege of locking him up, dieting him, and taking possession of his worldly goods and interests, as one who, by his irrational habits, or his outrages on the laws of physiology, or the fitness of things, or some other neology, has satisfactorily established his utter incapacity to take charge of his own affairs. No! This is not a cruel age; the rack, the wheel, the boot, the thumbikins, even the pillory and the stocks, have disappeared; ...
— The Book-Hunter - A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author • John Hill Burton

... well have held his tongue—nobody understood him but Vieuxbois, and he had been taught to scent German neology in everything, as some folks are taught to scent Jesuitry, especially when it involved an inductive law, and not a mere red-tape precedent, and, therefore, could not see that Lancelot was arguing for him. 'All very fine, Smith,' ...
— Yeast: A Problem • Charles Kingsley



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