lexicographist
lexicographist noun: a student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
Noun
lexicographist (plural lexicographists)
- A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- Whatever the a priori grammarian might do, the lexicographist, at any rate, ought to have thought it antecedently probably that, here and there, a construction with which a given idea, not expressed by it, was naturally associated, would come in time to be understood and used as expressing that...1889, William Gardner Hale The Cum‐Constructions, John Wilson and Son; Chapter VII, page #247
- Synonyms:
- dictionarian, dictionarist, lexicographer
Synonyms of lexicographist
Forms of lexicographist
| plural | lexicographists |
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Origin of lexicographist
From lexicography + -ist.
Questions about lexicographist
- What does lexicographist mean?
- Lexicographist means a student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- What part of speech is lexicographist?
- Lexicographist is a noun.
- What is the plural of lexicographist?
- The plural of lexicographist is lexicographists.
Words near lexicographist in the dictionary
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