# lexicography

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/

## Definitions
1. The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
2. The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
3. A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.

## Etymology
From lexico- (prefix meaning ‘speech; words’) + -graphy (suffix meaning ‘something written about a specified subject’).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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