lexicology

noun
/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/UK/ˌlɛksɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logy.

  1. derived from λεξικός

Definitions

  1. The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements,…

    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.

    • The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
  2. A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lexicology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA