lexicographical

English

Etymology

From lexicographic +‎ -al.

Adjective

lexicographical (comparative more lexicographical, superlative most lexicographical)

1. Relating to lexicography.
   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 301:

     More importantly, there is an untold multitude of Indian English terms that have never been given lexicographical treatment in any dictionary.

2. Meeting lexicographical standards or requirements; worthy of being included in a dictionary.
3. (chiefly computing) Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.

   Synonym: lexical

Synonyms

• lexicographic

Derived terms

• lexicographically

Related terms

• lexical

Translations

lexicographic — see lexicographic

Further reading

• “lexicographical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• lexicographical, lexicographic at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.