Obs. [ad. Gr. λεπτολογία subtle discourse, quibbling, f. λεπτό-ς small, fine, subtle + -λογία: see -LOGY. Cf. F. leptologie.]

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1681.  Blount, Glossogr., Leptology, a description of mean and sordid things.

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1823.  in Crabb; and in mod. Dicts.

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