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Webster 1913 Edition
Lexigraphy
Lex-ig′ra-phy
(lĕks-ĭg′rȧ-fy̆)
, Noun.
[Gr.
λέξισ
word + -graphy
: cf. F. lexigraphie
.] The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lexigraphy
LEX'IGRAPHY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
English
Noun
lexigraphy (usually uncountable, plural lexigraphies)
- (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- 1997, Barry B. Powell and Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer, page 5:
- ‘Semasiography’ and ‘lexigraphy’ are the two categories of writing, and logography is one type of lexigraphy.
- 2004, Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village , ISBN 0822333902, page 28:
- Without prejudice against Urton's argument that khipus are theoretically capable of lexigraphic reference such as logosyllabography, I have found that actual cord lexigraphy remains conjectural.
- 1997, Barry B. Powell and Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer, page 5:
- (countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
Related terms
- lexigraphic
- lexigraphical
- lexigraphically
Coordinate terms
Translations
the representation of words in writing
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writing system with one symbol per word
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