logomaniac en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)bor. English logo- English -maniac English logomaniac From logo- + -maniac.
Meanings
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One who is obsessed with words.
Willy's speech, like Doc's, is a rolling bricolage of cliche, literary quotation, epigram, advertising slogan and salvage from the past. To some extent, the presence in the book of a drunken logomaniac such as Willy gives Auster's prose a new exuberance.
1999 June 21, Toby Mundy, “Novel of the week: Timbuktu by Paul Auster”, in New Statesman, retrieved 27 Sep 2010:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| logomaniacs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |