Re: nomothete
| From: | Dan Sulani <dansulani@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 17:36 |
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On 7 Dec, Sally Caves wrote:
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> My questions exactly. Is onomatothete an actual word? Or onomathete? Is
> he confusing nomos with onoma?
My Webster's Unabridged English dictionary doesn't list
"onomatothete" or "onomathete".
But it _does_ list "onomatomania"
onomatomania: "uncontrollable obsession with words or names
or their meanings or sounds"
Hmmm! ;-)
But then it goes on to ruin the whole effect by
noting that it especially refers to "a mania for repeating
certain words or sounds." :-P
Oh well.
Dan Sulani
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