lexicography

English

/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/, /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfi/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
  • (uncountable) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
  • (countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leǵ-

Gloss

gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak

Concept
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Action/Process

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