Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as phrontisterion.
Wiktionary
- n. a thinking place
- n. an establishment devoted to education or study
WordNet 3.0
- n. an establishment for study and learning (sometimes including modern universities)
Examples
“(Galimatious - nonsense, pilgarlick - a poor wretch, phrontistery - thinking place, tintinabulate - ring or call).”
“Galimatious - nonsense, pilgarlick - a poor wretch, phrontistery - thinking place, tintinabulate - ring or call).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘phrontistery’.
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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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O So Zhinsky!
zarf, liripipe, theandric, tazza, bobeche, autotelic, gonfalon, refulgent, crepuscular, caduceus, knop, labarum and 31 more...
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fredrx's beautiful sounding list
two most beautiful words when put together
womb, philistine, poignant, wombastic, eschelon, macabre, precipitous, panache, misogynist, placebo, cacophony, aplomb and 43 more...
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wry -ery
inspired by Rolig's 'pocketful of -ry'
mattery, vachery, ewery, sphery, fullery, eggery, orangery, swannery, serictery, orrery, punguinery, mummery and 24 more...
reesetee I agree, OC--love that website. Oct 5, 2007
orbitalcombustion A study place. Great website too - www.phrontistery.info - has some of the best and rare words posted there Oct 5, 2007