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lexicology, n.|lɛksɪˈkɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. λεξικο- lexicon + -λογία -logy.]
That branch of knowledge which treats of words, their form, history, and meaning. Hence lexicoˈlogical a., pertaining to lexicology; lexiˈcologist, one skilled in lexicology (Ogilvie 1882); lexicoˈlogically adv.
1828–32Webster, Lexicology [citing Med. Repos.]. 1867Lane Arab. Lex. Pref. 8 The vast collection of lexicons and lexicological works composed by Arabs. 1937J. Orr tr. Iordan's Introd. Romance Ling. iv. 287 In some, the arbitrary character of the linguistic signs is more apparent..and these Saussure calls lexicological languages. 1949Jrnl. Theol. Stud. L. 104 The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively. 1952Archivum Linguisticum IV. 71 Units which the application of formal and semantic criteria enables the grammarian to detach from lexicologically analysable groupings. |