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Words to describe people

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dandiprat
logodaedalus


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Misc words

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PRONUNCIATION:

(log-uh-DEE-duh-luhs)

MEANING:

noun: One skilled with words.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin logodaedalia, from Greek logodaidalia, from logodaidalos, from logos (word) + daedalus (skillful). Earliest documented use: 1611.

USAGE:

“Burgess was a tireless logodaedalus -- a term he might well have applied to himself, for he was a connoisseur of big words -- producing novel after novel, each one completed in a matter of months or even weeks.”
John Banville; The Clockwork Author Anthony; Irish Times (Dublin); Dec 24, 2005.

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