lexicology
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logy.
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lexicology (countable and uncountable, plural lexicologies)
- (uncountable, linguistics) 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.
- 1949, Journal of Theological Studies:
- The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
- (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
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linguistic discipline
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