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单词 spermology
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spermologyn.

Etymology: In sense 1 < spermo- comb. form + -logy comb. form. In sense 2 < Greek σπερμολογία : compare spermologer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: sperˈmology.
rare.
1. (See quot. 1882 and cf. spermatology n. at spermato- comb. form 4.)
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spermatology1833
spermology1882
1882 Imperial Dict. IV. 155/1 Spermology,..that branch of science which investigates sperm or seeds; a treatise on sperm or seeds.
2. An instance of babbling or trifling talk.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > instance of
follyc1300
tittle-tattle1570
nothing1581
tattle1583
rattle1627
stultiloquy1653
pratement1657
hubble-bubble1720
spermology1890
1890 J. Earle Eng. Prose xii. 485 For historical truth it is on a level with that favorite spermology of the Liberation Society, which seeks to diffuse the notion [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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