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Meaning of "logogriph" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOGOGRIPH

Via French from logo- + Greek grīphos puzzle.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LOGOGRIPH

ˈlɒɡəʊˌɡrɪf


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOGOGRIPH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Logogriph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOGOGRIPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Logogriph

A logogriph is a form of word puzzle based on the component letters of a key word to be identified, and is derived from Greek λόγος, a word, and γρίφος, a riddle or fishing basket. It generally involves anagrams or other wordplay treatments such as addition, subtraction, omission, or substitution of a letter, and is sometimes arranged in the form of a verse giving hints to the word. The term logogriph is also used for the puzzle type in which a pair of anagrams must be deduced from synonyms. The following example of a logogriph created by Lord Macauley refers to the word COD: Cut off my head, how singular I act! Cut off my tail, and plural I appear. Cut off my head and tail--most curious fact, Although my middle's left, there's nothing there! What is my head cut off?--a sounding sea! What is my tail cut off?--a flowing river! Amid their mingling depths I fearless play Parent of softest sounds, though mute for ever! In explanation, cut off COD’s head and it...

Definition of logogriph in the English dictionary

The definition of logogriph in the dictionary is a word puzzle, esp one based on recombination of the letters of a word.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOGOGRIPH

cauldrife · dandriff · griff · griffe · hairif · hippogriff · hippogryph · midriff · mutessarif · nontariff · riff · sanserif · serif · seriph · sheriff · Sherriff · tariff · triff · undersheriff

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOGOGRIPH

logoff · logogram · logogrammatic · logogrammatically · logograph · logographer · logographic · logographical · logographically · logography · logogriphic · logomach · logomachies · logomachist · logomachy · logopaedic · logopaedics · logopedic · logopedics · logophile

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOGOGRIPH

autograph · caliph · chronograph · graph · Guelph · joseph · lymph · monograph · morph · mph · nymph · paragraph · ph · photograph · ralph · Randolph · Saint Joseph · seraph · telegraph · triumph

Synonyms and antonyms of logogriph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «logogriph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOGOGRIPH

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The translations of logogriph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «logogriph» in English.
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字谜
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

logogrifo
570 millions of speakers
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English

logogriph
510 millions of speakers
hi

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logogriph
380 millions of speakers
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logogriph
280 millions of speakers
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logogriph
278 millions of speakers
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logogriph
270 millions of speakers
bn

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logogriph
260 millions of speakers
fr

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logogriphe
220 millions of speakers
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Logogriph
190 millions of speakers
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logogriph
180 millions of speakers
ja

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logogriph
130 millions of speakers
ko

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logogriph
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Logogriph
85 millions of speakers
vi

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logogriph
80 millions of speakers
ta

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logogriph
75 millions of speakers
mr

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लॉगोग्रिप
75 millions of speakers
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logogriph
70 millions of speakers
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logogriph
65 millions of speakers
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logogriph
50 millions of speakers
uk

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logogriph
40 millions of speakers
ro

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logogrif
30 millions of speakers
el

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logogriph
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woord raaisel
14 millions of speakers
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logogriph
10 millions of speakers
no

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logogriph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of logogriph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOGOGRIPH»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about logogriph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOGOGRIPH»

Discover the use of logogriph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to logogriph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Enigmas and Riddles in Literature
The first recorded French use was by Naude ́ in 1623 (Tre ́sor de la langue franc ̧aise, citing Littre ́),9 so that the OED's “logogriph . . . ad. F. logogriphe” may be mistaken. A logogriph in German is a Wortra ̈tsel (word-riddle), as in Gustav ...
Eleanor Cook, 2006
2
The Juvenile Miscellany, Or, Friend of Youth
LOGOGRIPH.*. manner of Mrs. Barbcaild.y I was in Heaven when those proud spirits rose* Who dared assail God's awful throne as foes. I saw the triumph of the loyal Host, And those bright regions to the vanquished losl. Then I forsook ...
‎1826
3
The Atheneum
It would be difficult to say which was most affected. He still lives in the enjoyment of this noble reward of his humanity — need it be said that he makes a worthy use of it ? SOLUTION OP MRS. BARBAULd's LOGOGRIPH. We are indebted to a  ...
‎1826
4
Reading Riddles: Rhetorics of Obscurity from Romanticism to ...
A logogriph is a riddle in which the solution comprises a series of words either arrived at through slight variations or contained within the letters of one keyword. 20 This is precisely how the story's introduction operates: it forms the decisive word ...
Brian Tucker, 2010
5
The Spirit of the English Magazines
It would be difficult to say which was most affected. He still lives in the enjoyment of this noble reward of his humanity — need it be said that he makes a worthy use of it ? I SOLUTION OF MRS. BARBAULn's LOGOGRIPH. We are indebted to a ...
‎1826
6
Family pastime; or, Homes made happy [by R.K. Philp. With] ...
THE LOGOGRIPH so closely resembles the Charade, that it is more frequently called by that name than any other : indeed, it may be considered as a kind of Charade — or rather, the Charade may be said to be a kind of Logogriph ; which also ...
Robert Kemp Philp, 1852
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The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: With a Memoir
LOGOGRIPH. For man's support I came at first from earth, But man perverts the purpose of my birth ; Beneath his plastic hand new forms I take, And either sex my services partake ; The flowing lawn in stricter folds I hold, And bind in chains ...
Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin, 1825
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The School of Days: Heinrich Von Kleist and the Traumas of ...
4 Similarly, Gerhard Neumann terms the logogriph a "Kontrafaktur eines zuvor Gesetzten" (contrafactum of something posited before), arguing that this does not effect a "Losung des Ratsels" (solution to the puzzle) but "nur deren Verschiebung ...
Nancy Nobile, 1999
9
Rethinking Facticity
We might also mention that, according to the OED, “logogram,” “logograph,” and “ logogriph” have been con-fused with one another in English. Strictly speaking, a logogriph is a word-puzzle, while “logograph” is a synonym for “logogram.
Raffoul
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Intersections: Nineteenth-Century Philosophy and ...
Because it is prior to the Logos, the primal anagram amounts to a logogriph without a key. An unthinkable and troublesome prospect, as Saussure discovers. Before the Word is spoken, it is not cryptically sealed up in this matter, in the manner ...
Tilottama Rajan, David L. Clark, 1995

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOGOGRIPH»

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A Void – The Famous 300-Page Book Written without a Single Letter …
And there's something for the reader as well – to find a solution to the logogriph, the world puzzle. The book is littered with hints such as the ... «odditycentral, Dec 13»
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