Lexicology Definition
lĕksĭ-kŏlə-jē
noun
The branch of linguistics that deals with the lexical component of language.
American Heritage
The study of the meanings and origins of words.
Webster's New World
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Lexicology
Noun
Singular:
lexicologyPlural:
lexicologiesOrigin of Lexicology
From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikos, “of words"), from λέξις (lexis, “a saying, speech, word"), from λέγειν (legein, “to speak") + -logy
From Wiktionary
lexico(n) –logy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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