Logomachist: alternatives and connections

A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…

One who contends for the prize in public games.

A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds…

An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, Go…

A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantati…

The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.

One who contends; a contestant.

The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which ser…

To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describe…

Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clea…

Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and cont…

Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with w…

A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written ind…

To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress,…