buttonology
English
/ˈbʌtənɒlədʒi/
noun
Definitions
- The study of buttons (clothing fasteners and badges).
- (derogatory) An exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial.
- (informal) The basic training required to start using a machine or piece of software: what the components of the interface are, what they do, and how to accomplish basic tasks.
- (US) user User interface
Etymology
Suffix from English button.
Origin
English
button
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belly button English
- bellybutton English
- button English
- buttonable English
- buttonball English
- buttonbush English
- buttoner English
- buttonfront English
- buttonhook English
- buttonize English
- buttonless English
- buttonlike English
- buttonmaker English
- buttonmaking English
- buttonmould English
- buttonologist English
- buttonquail English
- buttonweed English
- buttonwillow English
- buttonwood English
- buttony English
- keybutton English
- misbutton English
- pushbutton English
- rebutton English
- unbutton English
- Button German
- bouton French
- boton Middle English
- butono Esperanto
- बटन Hindi
- 버튼 Korean
- baten Tok Pisin
- pwachen Chuukese