Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Logomachy \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.