A definition please

[davewitley]

Coming late to this...

Sue wrote:
> > What is septology?  I have searched my 
> > dictionary here and on line and can find no listing.  Is it 
perhaps 
> a 
> > reference to the series of 7 books?  Thanks for the help!

> Erin:
> 
> Yes, that is exactly what it is, like a trilogy, only there are 7 
> books.  The word comes the book "Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the 
> Mysteries of Harry Potter" by Galadriel Waters

There's a reason it's not in the dictionary, as a series of 7 books 
should be called a heptology, not a septology (actually, it's 
perhaps best called 'a series of 7 books').  -ology is Greek; sept- 
is Latin, and the corresponding Greek is hept- as in heptagon and 
heptameter.  It's as bad as 'television'.

David