Macrology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Macrology \Ma*crol"o*gy\, n. [L. macrologia, Gr. ?; ? long +
     lo`gos discourse: cf. F. macrologie.]
     Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of
     words.
     [1913 Webster]



From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  macrology /mak-rol'*-jee/ n. 1. Set of usually complex or crufty
     macros, e.g., as part of a large system written in {LISP}, {TECO}, or
     (less commonly) assembler. 2. The art and science involved in
     comprehending a macrology in sense 1. Sometimes studying the macrology
     of a system is not unlike archeology, ecology, or {theology}, hence the
     sound-alike construction. See also {boxology}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  macrology
       
          /mak-rol'*-jee/ 1. Set of usually complex or crufty {macros},
          e.g. as part of a large system written in {Lisp}, {TECO}, or
          (less commonly) {assembler}.
       
          2. The art and science involved in comprehending a macrology.
          Sometimes studying the macrology of a system is not unlike
          archaeology, ecology, or {theology}, hence the sound-alike
          construction.  See also {boxology}.
       
          (2003-09-02)