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tomfoolery

English

Etymology

From Tom (a common man) +? foolery.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?t?m?fu?l.?.?i/

Noun

tomfoolery (countable and uncountable, plural tomfooleries)

  1. Foolish behaviour or speech.
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.

Synonyms

  • (foolish behaviour or speech): buffoonery

Translations

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taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
  • Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

  1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
  3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

  • taxonomics
  • (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

  • nomenclature
  • ontology

Derived terms

Translations

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