sperˈmology rare.
[In sense 1 f. spermo- + -logy. In sense 2 ad. Gr. σπερµολογία: cf. spermologer.]
1. (See quot. and cf. spermatology.)
| 1882 Imp. Dict. IV. 155/1 Spermology,..that branch of science which investigates sperm or seeds; a treatise on sperm or seeds. |
2. An instance of babbling or trifling talk.
| 1890 Earle Engl. Prose xii. 485 For historical truth it is on a level with that favorite spermology of the Liberation Society, which seeks to diffuse the notion [etc.]. |