technico-combining element from Gr. τεχνικός (see technic).1. Forming ns., as techniˈcology, = technology (senses 1 and 2). techniˈcophilist, nonce-wd.[Gr. -ϕιλος -loving], a lover of technicalities.1849Sears Regeneration iii. xii. (1859) 242 The barren *technicologies of schools and sects.1880W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 80 Reading out the botanical technicology.1884Manch.Exam. 17 May 4/8 Schools and museums of technicology scattered over the Continent.1861ZoologistSer. i. XIX. 7299 This word..has the..merit, always prized by *technicophilists, of being more difficult to pronounce.2. Forming adjs., as technico-architectonic, technico-diplomatic, technico-economic, etc.1951M. Lowry Let. Feb. (1967) 233 Is this a technical technico-architechtonic [sic]term?1970New Scientist 30 July 219/1 Prime Minister Vorster..scored a considerable technico-diplomatic success.1970E. Snow Red China Today (new ed.) 36 The solution of technico-economic problems of social transformation.Ibid., Centrally led priority programs for essential technico-scientific specialists.1973D. Osmond-Smith tr.Bettetini's Lang. & Technique of Film i. 45 However, a morphological study of the film, even if conducted on a syntactic level, cannot leave out of account considerations of a technico-grammatical nature.