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glossography

glossography noun: the writing of glossaries or glosses.

Noun

glossography (countable and uncountable, plural glossographies)

  1. The writing of glossaries or glosses
  2. The study of ancient words or languages

Forms of glossography

pluralglossographies

Origin of glossography

From gloss + -ography.

Words formed from glossography

Words that rhyme with glossography

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about glossography

What does glossography mean?
Glossography means the writing of glossaries or glosses.
What part of speech is glossography?
Glossography is a noun.
What is the plural of glossography?
The plural of glossography is glossographies.

Words near glossography in the dictionary

  1. glossographer
  2. glossographers
  3. glossographical
  4. glossographies
  5. glossographs
  6. glossography
  7. glossograptid
  8. glossograptids
  9. glossohyal
  10. glossohyals
  11. glossoid

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