{ Log`o*graph"ic (?), Log`o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; of writing
speeches: cf. F. logographique.] Of or pertaining to logography.
Lo*gog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a writing of speeches; lo`gos word,
speech + &?; to write: cf. F. logographie.] 1. A method of printing in
which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.
2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of
reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words. Brande
& C.
Log"o*griph (?), n. [Gr. lo`gos word + gri^fos a fishing net, a dark
saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe.] A sort of riddle in which it is
required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its
letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to
discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc.
B. Jonson.
Lo*gom"a*chist (?), n. [See Logomachy.] One who contends about words.
Lo*gom"a*chy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; lo`gos word + &?; fight, battle,
contest: cf. F. logomachie.] 1. Contention in words merely, or a
contention about words; a war of words.
The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification"
. . . has largely been a mere logomachy.