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lexicography|lɛksɪˈkɒgrəfɪ|
[f. Gr. λεξικο- lexicon + -γραϕία -graphy.]
The writing or compilation of a lexicon or dictionary; ‘the art or practice of writing dictionaries’ (J.).
1680Dalgarno Deaf & Dumb Man's Tutor vii. 59, I shall therefore only make some few reflexions upon Etymology and Syntax, supposing Orthography to belong to Lexicography. 1755Johnson Dict. Pref. B ij, Such is the fate of hapless lexicography, that not only darkness, but light, impedes and distresses it; things may be not only too little, but too much known, to be happily illustrated. 1791Boswell Johnson (1848) 58/2 He..exerted his talents in occasional composition very different from Lexicography. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 157 A master-work of lexicography. 1900Expositor Oct. 270 Hebrew grammar and lexicography flourish a little later than Arabic grammar and lexicography. |