lexicologyn.
/ˌlɛksᵻˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌlɛksəˈkɑlədʒi/ That branch of knowledge which treats of words, their form, history, and meaning.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > study of words
lexicology1828
lexis1961
1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lexicology, the science of words; that branch of learning which treats of the proper signification and just application of words. Med. Repos.
1949 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 50 104 The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
Derivatives
lexicoˈlogical adj. pertaining to lexicology.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > relating to study of words
lexicological1867
1867 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights Pref. 8 The vast collection of lexicons and lexicological works composed by Arabs.
1937 J. Orr tr. I. Iordan Introd. Romance Linguistics iv. 287 In some, the arbitrary character of the linguistic signs is more apparent..and these Saussure calls lexicological languages.
lexicoˈlogically adv.
ΚΠ
1952 Archivum Linguisticum 4 71 Units which the application of formal and semantic criteria enables the grammarian to detach from lexicologically analysable groupings.
lexiˈcologist n. one skilled in lexicology (Ogilvie 1882).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1828