单词 | lexicography |
释义 | lexicographyn. The writing or compilation of a lexicon or dictionary; ‘the art or practice of writing dictionaries’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [noun] dictionary-making1668 lexicography1680 lexigraphy1828 1680 G. Dalgarno Didascalocophus vii. 59 I shall therefore only make some few reflexions upon Etymology and Syntax, supposing Orthography to belong to Lexicography. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. B ij Such is the fate of hapless lexicography, that not only darkness, but light, impedes and distresses it; things may be not only too little, but too much known, to be happily illustrated. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1748 I. 102 He..exerted his talents in occasional composition very different from Lexicography. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 157 A master-work of lexicography. 1900 Expositor Oct. 270 Hebrew grammar and lexicography flourish a little later than Arabic grammar and lexicography. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680 |
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