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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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