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lexicography

le·xi·cog·raphy

UK/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/ US/ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfi/ uncommon

noun

1.

the act of writing dictionaries

Origin

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

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