Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The science of enigmas and their solution.
Wiktionary
- n. the study of puzzles
Etymologies
- Latin aenigmata (“enigmas”) + -ology (“study”) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Puzzle master Will Shortz earned a degree in enigmatology the study of puzzles from Indiana University in 1974.”
“I just discovered that he grew up in Indiana on an Arabian horse farm and designed his own college degree program in enigmatology (the study of puzzles).”
“When Mr. Shortz, who sold his first puzzle at 14 and received a degree in enigmatology (read: games) from the University of Indiana, took over the Times crossword, he broadened the subjects and added popular culture, which is why the Simpsons keep showing up as clues.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘enigmatology’.
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phrontistery - e
from phrontistery.info
ecclesiarchy, ecclesiastry, ecdemomania, echinuliform, echoism, echolalia, echopraxia, eclaircise, ?claircissement, eclat, ?clat, eclegme and 616 more...
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Confusually
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baffle, farrago, confound, befuddle, daze, disorient, discombobulate, stupefy, perplex, mystify, bewilder, boggle and 134 more...
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Thought Provoking
revolute, polemic, coalesce, listless, enigmatology, botulism, corpuscle, vestigial
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No Ap-ology
Unusual -ologies
morology, tidology, aerology, tyrology, orology, barology, tocology, doorology, ology, battology, dittology, cacology and 244 more...
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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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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Words of the Times
Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.
testilying, ghost talk, apneist, solastalgia, izakaya, hooker, telectroscope, airflyte, phomance, bromhidrosis, stinky feet, cupping and 482 more...
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Interesting
flotsam, pedantic, auspicate, enigmatology, scree, mirth, botulism, marzipan, corpuscle, acerbic
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2008 more...
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ologies
technology, zymology, zygology, zoophytology, zoophysiology, zoopathology, zoonosology, zoology, zoogeology, zooarchaeology, xylology, vulcanology and 850 more...
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Mono word Metaphors
hachure, allogamy, clathrate, kedge, sward, fatidic, wyvern, sulcate, claudication, fremitus, syndetic, banns and 68 more...
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Science
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cryptology, enigmas, and ciphers
Tweets
Looking for tweets for enigmatology.
reesetee Here it is. Apr 26, 2011
reesetee I'm game! *scurries off* Apr 26, 2011
ruzuzu I nominate reesetee. Apr 26, 2011
reesetee Ooh, that's a great idea! Anyone?
*waits* Apr 26, 2011
bilby Are you therefore starting the Who Would We Want To Be Trapped In A Lift With list? Apr 26, 2011
frogapplause Max Cannon, the linguist and cartoonist who creates "Read Meat", once told me that if he were ever trapped in an elevator with someone, he'd want that someone to be Will Shortz. Apr 26, 2011
john “Before joining The Times, Mr. Shortz was the editor of Games magazine. He holds the world's only college degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles, which he earned in the Individualized Major Program at Indiana University in 1974.”
The New York Times, Talk to The Times: Crossword Editor Will Shortz, July 19, 2009 Apr 26, 2011
whichbe The investigation or analysis of enigmas. Also, the art and science of puzzle construction. May 12, 2008