Phrā'se-ŏl'o-gy, n.
n. [Fr. phraséologie, It. & Sp. fraseologia, from Gr. φράσις, φράσεως, phrase, and λόγος, speech, discourse.]
Sense 1. Manner of expression; peculiar words used in a sentence; diction.
He remains most completely national in his mode of thinking and his phraseology. I. Taylor.
Sense 2. A collection of phrases in a language.
Synonyms—Diction; style. See DICTION.