lexicography
[lek-si-kog-ruh-fee]
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noun
the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
the principles and procedures involved in writing, editing, or compiling dictionaries.
Origin of lexicography
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Associated words: lexicography, lexicographer, lexicographic.
Putnam's Word BookLouis A. Flemming
And for more than 300 years after the Conquest English lexicography stood still.
The evolution of English lexicographyJames Augustus Henry Murray
But only two independent contributions to the development of lexicography were made in the earlier half of the nineteenth century.
The evolution of English lexicographyJames Augustus Henry Murray
Johnson's great work raised English lexicography altogether to a higher level.
The evolution of English lexicographyJames Augustus Henry Murray
He composed numerous and valuable works on grammar, lexicography, poetics and ecclesiastical biography.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)Charles Eliot
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