'Lexicography' definitions:
Definition of 'lexicography'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of writing dictionaries
Definition of 'Lexicography'
From: GCIDE
- Lexicography \Lex`i*cog"ra*phy\ (l[e^]ks`[i^]*k[o^]g"r[.a]*f[y^]), n. [Cf. F. lexicographie.] The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries; as, with so many words lexicography can be interesting in parts but at length is rather tedious labor. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'lexicography'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- criticism,
- cryptanalysis,
- cryptography,
- cryptology,
- diagnostics,
- epigraphy,
- exegetics,
- glossography,
- hermeneutics,
- lexicology,
- lexigraphy,
- literary criticism,
- metoposcopy,
- oneirology,
- onomasiology,
- onomastics,
- onomatology,
- paleography,
- pathognomy,
- physiognomics,
- physiognomy,
- semantics,
- semasiology,
- semeiology,
- semeiotics,
- symptomatology,
- textual criticism,
- tropology