phraseologicadj.
/ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/, U.S. /ˌfreɪziəˈlɑdʒɪk/ rare.
Of or relating to phrases or phraseology; = phraseological adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > relating to mode of expression
languaged1646
expressional1803
phraseologic1803
phraseological1860
1803 W. Taylor in Critical Rev. Dec. 370 The orderly discussion of its historic, ethic, fantastic, and phraseologic peculiarities.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Phraseologic.
1964 Mod. Philol. 62 186/2 An interesting remark on the phraseologic type ‘plorer des oilz, sonreírse de la boca’.
1998 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 36 1052/2 Papers discuss..a phraseologic view of organizational learning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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