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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEXICOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a dictionary, and discourse.]
The science of words; that branch of learning which treats of the proper signification and just application of words.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French lexicologie, from lexico- (from Late Greek lexiko-, from lexikon) + -logie -logy Date: circa 1828 a branch of linguistics concerned with the signification and application of words • lexicological adjective • lexicologist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the study of the form, history, and meaning of words. Derivatives: lexicological adj. lexicologically adv. lexicologist n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lexicology Lex`i*col"o*gy (-j[y^]), n. [Gr. lexiko`n lexicon + -logy: cf. F. lexicologie.] The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

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