Word familyadjectivelexicallexicographiclexicologicaladverblexicallylexicographicallylexicologicallynounlexicographerlexicographistlexicographylexicologistlexicologylexicon
SLthe skill, practice, or profession of writing dictionaries 词典编纂学;词典编纂
—lexicographer noun [countableC]
—lexicographical /ˌleksɪkəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/adjectiveadj
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lexicography• Researchers within computational lexicography have attempted to exploit this style to extract semantic information.• Again and again these feminist lexicographers refuse and indeed poke fun at the authoritative pronouncements of mainstream lexicography.
Originlexicography
(1600-1700)Late Greeklexikographos“dictionary-writer”, from lexikon ( → LEXICON) + Greek-graphos“writer”