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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer 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]''.
From ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographaster lexicographaster]'' < ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer lexicographer]'' + the pejorative suffix ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-aster -aster]'' (“one who is inferior at or falsely claims a role”).
 
''Lexicographer'' derives from French ''lexicographe'' + ''-er'', from Ancient Greek ''λεξικός'' (''lexikós'', “of words”) + ''γράφω'' (''gráphō'', “to write”).


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===