lexicographese

English

Etymology

From lexicography +‎ -ese.

Noun

lexicographese (uncountable)

1. Synonym of dictionaryese (“the style of language used in dictionary definitions”)
   • 2009, Tony Thorne, Jolly Wicked, Actually: The 100 Words That Make Us English, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 10:

     In Jolly Wicked, Actually I have tried to avoid 'lexicographese', the technical formatting, abbreviations and stylised defining language favoured by dictionaries.

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