wordlist

noun

Etymology

From word + list.

  1. derived from *leys-
  2. inherited from *līstā
  3. derived from lista
  4. derived from liste
  5. inherited from līste
  6. inherited from list
  7. compounded as wordlist — “word + list

Definitions

  1. A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other…

    A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.

    • For example, the focus of most previous wordlists has been on general academic vocabulary or the discipline-specific vocabulary needed in tertiary education.
  2. The section of a style guide that lists particular words and terms, arranged…

    The section of a style guide that lists particular words and terms, arranged alphabetically, to show for each one the preferred orthographic styling (e.g., hyphenation, spelling variant), as well as any usage prescription to be enforced about its usage.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wordlist. 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