semantic

Use this forum to suggest Good Words for Professor Beard.
William A Hupy
Lexiterian
Posts: 100
Joined: Tue May 05, 2020 8:53 am

semantic

Postby William A Hupy » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:23 am

The Good Word doctor used this word today and it occurred to me that I may not have understood the context. The etymology has a distinguished Greek and French history. I looked for the PIE root, which means....to look, see.
This word in English means, relating to meaning in language or logic.

I suspect it is misused currently.

bbeeton
Senior Lexiterian
Posts: 552
Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:34 am
Location: Providence, RI

Re: semantic

Postby bbeeton » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:49 am

Oh, dear! If you deny "semantic" the meaning "meaning", you've just thrown a massive monkey wrench into the studies of linguistics, logic, and philosophy!


Return to “Good Word Suggestions”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot] and 37 guests