Lexicographaster

English

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]].

Pronunciation

/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡrəfæstər/

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.

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

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

Related terms

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

lexicographer]]

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

lexicography]]

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

wordsmith]]

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

glossographer]]