ergoismn.
/ˈəːɡəʊɪz(ə)m/ Pedantic adherence to logically constructed rules.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun]
subtilitya1425
subtilty1569
niceness1580
ob1588
curiosity1605
ergotism1656
refinery1746
over-subtlety1833
ergoism1864
subtileness1867
pilpul1894
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. 262 All [Law's] suggestions were subject to that ‘ergoism’, as it is aptly termed, of the French.
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n.1864- to have by the foot
- to have by the heels
- to have by the throat
- to have cause
- to have children by
- to have chips in the game
- to have christenhead
- to have clean hands
- to have climbed may hill
- to have cognizance of
- to have cold
- to have cold at the teeth
- to have cold feet
- to flip the script
- to flip up
- to flipe off
- to flirt a fan
- to flirt with
- to float a person's boat
- to float in one's cups
- to float up
- to flock in
- to flog a dead horse
- to flog the clock
- to flog the glass