lexicography \ lek-suh-KAH-gruh-fee \ noun – The writing or compiling of dictionaries; the editing or making of dictionaries. The principles and practices applied to writing dictionaries. Origin: Lexicography is derived from the Greek lexicon (biblion), a word- or phrase-book (from lexis, a phrase, a word) + graphein, to write. A lexicographer (thought to be formed [...]