lexicographese

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English

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Etymology

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From lexicography +‎ -ese.

Noun

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lexicographese (uncountable)

  1. 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.
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