Word of the Day:
lexicology
What It Means
The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
Lexicology in Context
“The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.”
Did You Know?
From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logy.
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