lexicographese
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lexicography + -ese.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lexicographese (uncountable)
- Synonym of dictionaryese (“the style of language used in dictionary definitions”)
- 2009, Tony Thorne, Jolly Wicked, Actually: The 100 Words That Make Us English, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 10:
- In Jolly Wicked, Actually I have tried to avoid 'lexicographese', the technical formatting, abbreviations and stylised defining language favoured by dictionaries.