lexigraphyn.

Brit.

/lɛkˈsɪɡrəfi/, U.S.

/lɛkˈsɪɡrəfi/

Etymology: < Greek λέξις word, expression + -γραϕία writing, -graphy comb. form.

A system of writing in which each character represents a word.In dictionaries from Webster 1828 onwards, lexigraphy has been defined as ‘the art or practice of defining words’, with corresp. definitions for lexigraphic, -graphical. Cf. late Greek λεξιγράϕος ‘lexici scriptor, vocabularius’ (Stephanus).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [noun]

dictionary-making1668

lexicography1680

lexigraphy1828

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > symbolic writing > one letter one word

lexigraphy1828

1828–32 N. Webster Amer Dict. Eng. Lang. Lexigraphy, the art or practice of defining words. Med. Repos.

1838 P. S. Du Ponceau Diss. Nature & Char. Chinese Syst. Writing Introd. 14 Instead of ideas, it only represents words, by means of the combination of other words, and therefore I have called it lexigraphic. [In a quotation from this in For. Q. Rev. XXI. 323, lexigraphy is substituted for lexigraphic.]

Derivatives

lexiˈgraphic adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > symbolic > one letter one word

logographic1801

lexigraphic1836

1836 P. S. Du Ponceau Diss. Nature & Char. Chinese Syst. Writing (1838) 36 The Chinese system of writing is improperly called ideographic; it is a syllabic and lexigraphic alphabet... It is lexigraphic because every syllable is a significant word.

lexiˈgraphical adj. Pertaining to or characterized by lexigraphy. (In quot. 1895, lexigraphical is used for ‘lexical’: cf. note above.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [adjective]

lexicographal1685

dictionarial1736

dictionariana1774

lexicographical1791

lexicographian1815

lexicographic1816

lexigraphical1855

lexical1873

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Lexigraphic, Lexigraphical, expressing words by distinct characters; representing words by the combination of other words. Lexigraphy, a representation of words by the combination of other words.

1895 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments vi. 165 The lexigraphical tablet in which this important word is found throws considerable light on the meaning. In the list of words from which the name is taken [etc.].

lexiˈgraphically adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adverb] > one letter one word

logographically1828

lexigraphically1838

1838 P. S. Du Ponceau Diss. Nature & Char. Chinese Syst. Writing Introd. 32 Those nations..who use the Chinese characters lexigraphically.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lexigraphy
释义	lexigraphyn. Brit. /lɛkˈsɪɡrəfi/, U.S. /lɛkˈsɪɡrəfi/ Etymology: < Greek λέξις word, expression + -γραϕία writing, -graphy comb. form. A system of writing in which each character represents a word.In dictionaries from Webster 1828 onwards, lexigraphy has been defined as ‘the art or practice of defining words’, with corresp. definitions for lexigraphic, -graphical. Cf. late Greek λεξιγράϕος ‘lexici scriptor, vocabularius’ (Stephanus). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [noun] dictionary-making1668 lexicography1680 lexigraphy1828 society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > symbolic writing > one letter one word lexigraphy1828 1828–32 N. Webster Amer Dict. Eng. Lang. Lexigraphy, the art or practice of defining words. Med. Repos. 1838 P. S. Du Ponceau Diss. Nature & Char. Chinese Syst. Writing Introd. 14 Instead of ideas, it only represents words, by means of the combination of other words, and therefore I have called it lexigraphic. [In a quotation from this in For. Q. Rev. XXI. 323, lexigraphy is substituted for lexigraphic.] Derivatives lexiˈgraphic adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > symbolic > one letter one word logographic1801 lexigraphic1836 1836 P. S. Du Ponceau Diss. Nature & Char. Chinese Syst. Writing (1838) 36 The Chinese system of writing is improperly called ideographic; it is a syllabic and lexigraphic alphabet... It is lexigraphic because every syllable is a significant word. lexiˈgraphical adj. Pertaining to or characterized by lexigraphy. (In quot. 1895, lexigraphical is used for ‘lexical’: cf. note above.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [adjective] lexicographal1685 dictionarial1736 dictionariana1774 lexicographical1791 lexicographian1815 lexicographic1816 lexigraphical1855 lexical1873 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Lexigraphic, Lexigraphical, expressing words by distinct characters; representing words by the combination of other words. Lexigraphy, a representation of words by the combination of other words. 1895 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments vi. 165 The lexigraphical tablet in which this important word is found throws considerable light on the meaning. In the list of words from which the name is taken [etc.]. lexiˈgraphically adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adverb] > one letter one word logographically1828 lexigraphically1838 1838 P. S. Du Ponceau Diss. Nature & Char. Chinese Syst. Writing Introd. 32 Those nations..who use the Chinese characters lexigraphically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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