Lo*gom"a*chy (?), n. [Gr. ; word + fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.]
1.
Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . has largely been a mere logomachy.
L. Abbott.
2.
A game of word making.
© Webster 1913.