Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Bear-baiting with a dog: a humorous word invented by Butler.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete bearbaiting with a dog
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Bear baiting with a dog.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Of the same character is Butler’s ‘cynarctomachy’, or battle of a dog and bear.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cynarctomachy’.
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Against Nature
Inspired by the creepy decadence of Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans.
katzenklavier, pasilalinic-sympa..., the jewel-encrust..., bird's nest soup, ghost net, bottom trawling, coal industry, cat juggling, rattlesnake roundup, fishing, dancing bear, defoliant and 91 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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new words
trite, credence, saith, drivel, horology, permeable, rigorous, cynarctomachy, hapless, compendium
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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Conflicted
Words that incorporate some sense of contest or conflict through the use of one or another of the combining elements with that meaning (i.e., -machia, -machy, -machist, -machic, -machical, belli-, ...
hieromachia, metromachia, ouranomachia, tauromachia, rythmomachia, logomachia, batrachomyomachia, batrachoherpetoma..., philomachic, promachic, okymachic, phygomachic and 55 more...
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Fighting Words
Words that end in -machy.
cynarctomachy, alectoromachy, logomachy, monomachy, iconomachy, sciamachy, tauromachy, naumachy, gigantomachy, theomachy, psychomachy, batrachomyomachy and 6 more...
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Because I Like Them : C --- D
clawscrunt, comprivigni, dinmont, drizzen, desticate, corf, collop, caboodle, canoodle, curfuffle, cynarctomachy, chionablepsia and 56 more...
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bombchicken's list
list of words I use, like, et cetera.
reneger, abacinate, defenestrate, egregious, adam's ale, cuba libre, pulchritudinous, masticate, hoi polloi, ort, pedagogy, abscond and 82 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for cynarctomachy.

michael.tremberth Hi refenestration, how do you like exundation? Aug 9, 2012
michael.tremberth On the sauce for goose, sauce for gander principle: arctocymmachy - or, a totally new sport, arctotauromachy. Aug 9, 2012
refenestration What a lovely word! Nov 23, 2009
jmjarmstrong JM will not bear cynarctomachy and is dogged in this! Nov 16, 2009
reesetee Not likely. Feb 11, 2008
jennarenn Yes, but is there a cool Greek word for that? Feb 11, 2008
reesetee Hey! That's reesetee-baiting too! ;-) Feb 10, 2008
peritus From the Greek kun- (dog), arkto- (bear) and machia (battle). Feb 10, 2008
jennarenn As in, accordion music is absolutely the worst noise!!!! Who listens to that stuff??? Feb 10, 2008
sionnach bear-baiting. Feb 10, 2008