Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHRA-SE-OL'O-GY
PHRA-SE-O-LOG'IC, or PHRA-SE-O-LOG'IC-ALPHRE-NET'IC
PHRA-SE-OL'O-GY, n. [Gr. φρασις, phrase, and λεγω, to speak.]
- Manner of expression; peculiar words used in a sentence; diction.
- A collection of phrases in a language. – Encyc.
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