— phraseological /fray'zee euh loj"i keuhl/ , phraseologic , adj. — phraseologically , adv.
/fray'zee ol"euh jee/ , n.
1. manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
2. expressions; phrases: obscure phraseology.
[ 1655-65; phraseología (erroneously for * phrasiología ), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525-95); see PHRASE, -O-, -LOGY ]
Syn. 1. See diction .