lexicography
(noun) the act of writing dictionaries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lexicography (countable and uncountable, plural lexicographies)
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
Lex`i*cog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lexicographie.]
Definition: The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
