Lexicography \Lex`i*cog"ra*phy\
(l[e^]ks`[i^]*k[o^]g"r[.a]*f[y^]), n. [Cf. F. lexicographie.]
The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or
dictionary; the principles which are applied in making
dictionaries; as, with so many words lexicography can be
interesting in parts but at length is rather tedious labor.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lexicography
n : the act of writing dictionaries
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "lexicography":
criticism, cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology, diagnostics,
epigraphy, exegetics, glossography, hermeneutics, lexicology,
lexigraphy, literary criticism, metoposcopy, oneirology,
onomasiology, onomastics, onomatology, paleography, pathognomy,
physiognomics, physiognomy, semantics, semasiology, semeiology,
semeiotics, symptomatology, textual criticism, tropology
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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