From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlexicographylex‧i‧cog‧ra‧phy /ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfi $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable] SLthe skill, practice, or profession of writing dictionaries —lexicographer noun [countable] —lexicographical /ˌleksɪkəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/ adjective
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lexicography• Researchers within computational lexicography have attempted to exploit this style to extract semantic information.• Again and again these feminist lexicographers refuse and indeed poke fun at the authoritative pronouncements of mainstream lexicography.Origin lexicography (1600-1700) Late Greek lexikographos “dictionary-writer”, from lexikon ( → LEXICON) + Greek -graphos “writer” 