logomach

A noun referring to a person who engages in disputes or arguments about words or their meanings.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее человека, который участвует в спорах или дискуссиях о словах или их значениях.

1. Word disputer C2 formal

   A person who engages in arguments or disputes about the meaning or use of words.

   • The professor was a notorious logomach, always debating the nuances of terminology.
   • In the seminar, a logomach challenged every definition the speaker offered.
   • Only a true logomach would argue for hours over the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'.

   🇷🇺Спорщик о словах

   Синонимы: cavilerhairsplitterlogomachistquibbler