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lexicog.

American  

abbreviation

  1. lexicographer.

  2. lexicographical.

  3. lexicography.

lexicog. British  

abbreviation

  1. lexicographical

  2. lexicography

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Noah Webster was a famous lexicog — you know, dictionary author — because he published the first American English one.

From Washington Post

Lexicog′rapher, one skilled in lexicography.—adjs.

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Lexicog′raphist, Lexicol′ogist, one skilled in lexicology; Lexicog′raphy, the art of compiling a dictionary; Lexicol′ogy, that branch of philology which treats of the proper signification and use of words.—adjs.

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