Lexicographaster: Difference between revisions

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==English==

English

~~===~~Etymology~~===~~

Etymology

From ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer

From ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer) lexicographer]'' + the pejorative suffix ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-aster](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-aster) -aster]'' (“one who is inferior at or falsely claims a role”), modeled after formations like ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poetaster](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poetaster) poetaster]''.

lexicographer]]'' + the pejorative suffix ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-aster

-aster]]'' (“one who is inferior at or falsely claims a role”), modeled after formations like ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poetaster

poetaster]]''.

~~===Pronunciation===~~

Pronunciation

/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡrəfæstər/

~~===~~Noun~~===~~

Noun

'''Lexicographaster''' (plural '''Lexicographasters''')

# A pretender to lexicography; an unskilled or superficial compiler of dictionaries or word lists, especially one who imitates the form of serious lexicographic work without its rigor or discipline.

1. A pretender to lexicography; an unskilled or superficial compiler of dictionaries or word lists, especially one who imitates the form of serious lexicographic work without its rigor or discipline.

~~# A person who pretends to be a lexicographer or dictionary expert but produces sloppy, inaccurate, or superficially scholarly definitions~~.

~~#* ''The blog was filled with confident definitions, but its careless errors revealed the author as more of~~ a ~~lexicographaster than a true~~ lexicographer.''

2. A person who pretends to be a lexicographer or dictionary expert but produces sloppy, inaccurate, or superficially scholarly definitions.

~~===Related terms===~~

Example

''The blog was filled with confident definitions, but its careless errors revealed the author as more of a lexicographaster than a true lexicographer.''

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer

Related terms

lexicographer]]

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer) lexicographer]

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography) lexicography]

lexicography]]

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith) wordsmith]

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer) glossographer]

wordsmith]]

[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer

glossographer]]

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-==English==
+English
-===Etymology===
+Etymology
-From ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer
+From ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer) lexicographer]'' + the pejorative suffix ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-aster](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-aster) -aster]'' (“one who is inferior at or falsely claims a role”), modeled after formations like ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poetaster](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poetaster) poetaster]''.
- lexicographer]]'' + the pejorative suffix ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-aster
- -aster]]'' (“one who is inferior at or falsely claims a role”), modeled after formations like ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poetaster
- poetaster]]''.
-===Pronunciation===
+Pronunciation
 /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡrəfæstər/
-===Noun===
+Noun
 '''Lexicographaster''' (plural '''Lexicographasters''')
-# A pretender to lexicography; an unskilled or superficial compiler of dictionaries or word lists, especially one who imitates the form of serious lexicographic work without its rigor or discipline.
+. A pretender to lexicography; an unskilled or superficial compiler of dictionaries or word lists, especially one who imitates the form of serious lexicographic work without its rigor or discipline.
-# A person who pretends to be a lexicographer or dictionary expert but produces sloppy, inaccurate, or superficially scholarly definitions.
-#* ''The blog was filled with confident definitions, but its careless errors revealed the author as more of a lexicographaster than a true lexicographer.''
+. A person who pretends to be a lexicographer or dictionary expert but produces sloppy, inaccurate, or superficially scholarly definitions.
-===Related terms===
+Example
+''The blog was filled with confident definitions, but its careless errors revealed the author as more of a lexicographaster than a true lexicographer.''
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer
+Related terms
- lexicographer]]
+[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer) lexicographer]
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography
+[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography) lexicography]
- lexicography]]
+[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith) wordsmith]
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith
+[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer) glossographer]
- wordsmith]]
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer
- glossographer]]