Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to lexicography.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.

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  • adjective Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).

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  • adjective of or relating to lexicography

Etymologies

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lexicography +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • Nobody ever got together at some lexicographic congress and solemnly vowed to nail down these terms.

    The Vatican’s Dictionary of Recent Latinity « The Half-Baked Maker 2010

  • The lexicographic jury is still out on this one, but I would take a guess that the final definition will be something like "to find every excuse to raise interest rates as fast as possible before the commodities rally brings growth to a shuddering halt; See also 'to normalize liquidity'—to keep ATMs in Greece and Ireland stocked without giving a free ride to the rest of the region's banks and governments."

    Long and Winding Road to Normality Geoffrey T. Smith 2011

  • Without getting too academic-left-y, part of the reason why diplomacy gets coded as feminine — arrgg I wish I knew how to write this without academic jargon — is because we basically operate in an unfortunate lexicographic paradigm of "hard" military power and "soft" everything-else power.

    What Are Little Girls Made Of | ATTACKERMAN 2008

  • Heffernan closes with a few suggested lexicographic resources.

    Requiem for the print OED 2008

  • I always thought I was lexicographic in gridlock, but maybe not.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • Heffernan closes with a few suggested lexicographic resources.

    Requiem for the print OED 2008

  • Heffernan closes with a few suggested lexicographic resources.

    Requiem for the print OED 2008

  • Heffernan closes with a few suggested lexicographic resources.

    Requiem for the print OED 2008

  • Heffernan closes with a few suggested lexicographic resources.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Heffernan closes with a few suggested lexicographic resources.

    Requiem for the print OED 2008

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