Lexicographaster

English

Etymology

From lexicographer + the pejorative suffix -aster (“one who is inferior at or falsely claims a role”).

Lexicographer derives from French lexicographe + the agentive suffix -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

Transliteration Pronunciation

Hangul: 렉시코그래패스터
Katakana: レキシコグラフェスター

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 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.