lex·i·cog·ra·phy \-fē, -fi\noun (-es) Etymology: from lexicographer, after such pairs as English geographer: geography 1.: the editing or making of a dictionary 2.: the principles and practices of dictionary making < a martyr, by my lexicography, is on all fours with a fool who risks and loses his life in any other showy but useless way — H.L.Mencken >