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Definition of Lexicography

1. Noun. The act of writing dictionaries.

Definition of Lexicography

1. n. The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.

Definition of Lexicography

1. Noun. The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. ¹

2. Noun. (linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analyzing 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lexicography

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Medical Definition of Lexicography

1. The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries. Origin: Cf. F. Lexicographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Lexicography

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"According to the high authority of Gesenius, the most copious and important source of Hebrew philology and lexicography, are the languages kindred with the ..."

2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"... Giles's—The Cowgate—The College— Holy-rood House—Swift- Witchcraft—Lord Monboddo and the Ourang-Outang—Actors- Poetry and lexicography—Scepticism—Vane ..."

3. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"... interest in English grammar and lexicography, and an elegant trifling with the modern and the Oriental languages. ..."

4. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1891)
"I. English lexicography, Prof. TW Hunt, Princeton, NJ II. A Study of Browning's Dramas, Miss IM Street, Ann Arbor,-Mich. III. Euthanasia : The Pleasures of ..."

5. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1883)
"303 Notes on Latin lexicography. By JK INGRAM, LL.D., . 310 Adoption : A Study in Comparative Jurisprudence. By ES ROBERTSON, MA, ..."

6. The Philological Essays of the Late Rev. Richard Garnett, of the British Museum by Richard Garnett (1859)
"ENGLISH lexicography. {Quarterly Review, September,.]. A Dictionary of the English Language. By S. Johnson, LL. D. With numerous Corrections and Additions, ..."

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