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prettygoodwordorology (aw-ROL-uh-jee or oh-ROL-uh-jee) - n., the study of mountains.
Particularly the study of mountain formation, but also the branch of physical geography that deals with mountains -- and indeed, orography is the more common term for it. But I prefer this one because it has the adjectival form orological. Coined some time in the 19th century from Greek roots óros, mountain + -ology.
---L.
Particularly the study of mountain formation, but also the branch of physical geography that deals with mountains -- and indeed, orography is the more common term for it. But I prefer this one because it has the adjectival form orological. Coined some time in the 19th century from Greek roots óros, mountain + -ology.
---L.
