Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lexicologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lex-i-col-o-gist
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Meaning

noun

an expert at lexicology

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logist.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λεξικός

Inflected Forms

lexicologists (plural)

Synonyms

lexicographer

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What does lexicologist mean?: an expert at lexicology
Where does lexicologist come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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