logogriph

[ law-guh-grif, log-uh- ]

noun

1. an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
2. a puzzle in which a certain word, and other words formed from any or all of its letters, must be guessed from indications given in a set of verses.

logogriph

/ ˈlɒɡəʊˌɡrɪf /

noun

1. a word puzzle, esp one based on recombination of the letters of a word

Derived Forms

• ˌlogoˈgriphic, adjective

Other Words From

• logo·griphic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of logogriph¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; logo- + Greek grîphos “(woven) fishing basket, creel; something intricate, dark saying, riddle”

Word History and Origins

Origin of logogriph¹

C16: via French from logo- + Greek grīphos puzzle

Example Sentences

Logogriph, log′ō-grif, n. a riddle.

From Project Gutenberg

The circle of the sciences was for Castanier something like a logogriph for a man who does not know the key to it.

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With a little effort, I might, like any one else, be able to give you an interpretation of this logogriph, which might appear to have something in it.

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There happened early on the borders of the Nile, what has since been repeated in every country; as soon as a new system was formed its novelty excited quarrels and schisms; then, gaining credit by persecution itself, sometimes it effaced antecedent ideas, sometimes it modified and incorporated them; then, by the intervention of political revolutions, the aggregation of states and the mixture of nations confused all opinions; and the filiation of ideas being lost, theology fell into a chaos, and became a mere logogriph of old traditions no longer understood.

From Project Gutenberg

The circle of the sciences was for Castanier something like a logogriph for a man who does not know the key to it.

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