Lexicographaster: Difference between revisions

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English

==English==

Etymology

===Etymology===

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]''.

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]''.

Pronunciation

===Pronunciation===

/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡrəfæstər/

Noun

===Noun===

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

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 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.

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

===Example===

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

~~Example~~

===Related terms===

~~''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 lexicographer]

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

Related terms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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-English
+==English==
-Etymology
+===Etymology===
-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]''.
+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]''.
-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.
-. A person who pretends to be a lexicographer or dictionary expert but produces sloppy, inaccurate, or superficially scholarly definitions.
+===Example===
+#* ''The blog was filled with confident definitions, but its careless errors revealed the author as more of a lexicographaster than a true lexicographer.''
-Example
+===Related terms===
-''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 lexicographer]
+* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography lexicography]
-Related terms
+* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith wordsmith]
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographer) lexicographer]
+* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer glossographer]
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography) lexicography]
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wordsmith) wordsmith]
-[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossographer) glossographer]