lexicographical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the writing, editing, or study of dictionaries

   The editor faced a difficult lexicographical decision about the new term.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to the ordering of words or symbols as in a dictionary

   The program sorts the entries in lexicographical order.

Built from lexicography and -ical. Lexicography comes through Greek-derived elements: lexikon (‘wordbook’), related to lexis (‘word, speech’), and -graphia (‘writing’).

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