Dictionary entry

Semasiology

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Se‐ma′si‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � signification + -logy.] (Philol.) The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words. — Se‐ma′si‐o‐log″ic‐al (#), a.