lexicographic

What it means

1. Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).

   A major lexicographic enterprise is the Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico, conducted at the universities of Kiel and Münster in Germany (Dietrich and Symeonidis 2009).

   2012, De Gruyter Mouton, The Indigenous Languages of South America, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2026, page 28

   Synonyms: lexicographical · Antonyms: nonlexicographic, nonlexicographical

2. computingRelating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.

   Synonyms: lexical, lexicographical

In a sentence

A major lexicographic enterprise is the Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico, conducted at the universities of Kiel and Münster in Germany (Dietrich and Symeonidis 2009).

2012, De Gruyter Mouton, The Indigenous Languages of South America, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2026, page 28

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
3. Proto-Hellenic*légō
4. Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
5. Ancient Greekλέξῐς (léxĭs)
6. Ancient Greekλεξῐκός (lexĭkós)
7. Englishlexico-
8. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
10. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
11. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
12. Englishlexicography
13. Englishlexicographic

From lexicography + -ic.