Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Long and tedious talk; prolonged discourse, with little or nothing to say; superfluity of words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Long andtedious talk without much substance;superfluity ofwords .
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Examples
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So you really are down by two points, sans counting your innate knack for dontopedalogy, flummery and macrology.
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Nonetheless, one fact is made clear, I have always loved macrology, and now, after half year drought of macro hunting, I am making a return.
Robin 2010
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Do stay tuned, as I immerse myself into the world of macrology again.
Robin 2010
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Through uncountable sessions of macrology, I must say I have come a long way since I first wondered which F-number should I use to photograph a small red ant.
Robin 2010
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This was not a session of experimentation, this was more like a session to familiarize myself all over again, and orientate my inner mind to concentrate in macrology.
Robin 2010
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After a short introduction about the relevance of macros as tools to design abstractions, including full programming languages, I show some common patterns of Scheme macrology: recursive macros, accumulators, and the usage of literals to incorporate helpers in macros.
Planet Python 2009
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However, one episode is enough to explain at least one useful technique which is commonly used in Scheme macrology and which is good to know in order to reach our final goal, in time.
Artima Weblogs 2009
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I personally am using Scheme since I am interested in macrology and no language in existence can beat Scheme in this respect.
Planet Python 2009
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Experimenting with macrology can help to put to test such opinions and to learn something.
Artima Weblogs 2009
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After a short introduction about the relevance of macros as tools to design abstractions, including full programming languages, I show some common patterns of Scheme macrology: recursive macros, accumulators, and the usage of literals to incorporate helpers in macros.
Artima Weblogs 2009
vendingmachine commented on the word macrology
n. Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words. Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words, words, words, words.
July 28, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word macrology
I was FLAGGED AS SPAM the first time I made an attempt at humor by repeating the definition several times. It's nice to know that Wordnik, like John Walsh, is looking for bad guys.
July 28, 2015
bilby commented on the word macrology
n. Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
July 28, 2015