Lexicographaster: Difference between revisions
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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
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”). | 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”). | ''Lexicographer'' derives from French ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicographe lexicographe]'' + ''-er'', from Ancient Greek ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/λεξικός λεξικός]'' (''lexikós'', “of words”) + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/γράφω γράφω]'' (''gráphō'', “to write”). | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||