It's full of great tidbits of the lexicographical life. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE OED.] Reference
You are in a lexicographical minefield and are damned every way. From Wordnik.com. [Busted Up For Dogmeat. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
It would be a tragic case of lexicographical guilt-by-association. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Hughes: Sanitizing Twain -- to the Nth Degree] Reference
OK, this is the best lexicographical development I've seen in ages. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: OEDILF.] Reference
There is a very good lexicographical lesson to be learned from all this. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF LEXICOGRAPHY.] Reference
The bottom line is that the phonological word is not the lexicographical one either. From Wordnik.com. [Types and Tokens] Reference
His prose is supremely readable, admirable in its lucid handling of lexicographical mire. From Wordnik.com. [The Meaning of Everything: Summary and book reviews of The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester.] Reference
For extra credit: How would the late, great lexicographical giant William Safire rule in this case?. From Wordnik.com. [AP says write 'website,' not 'Web site'] Reference
The earliest lexicographical efforts were probably made by Roman students of the Greek language and culture. From Wordnik.com. [On Dictionaries] Reference
Letters from Robert Godlonton discovered in an English attic are of both historical and lexicographical interest. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
We have a lexicographical problem: "The Taliban" is an umbrella term for, as Kilcullen notes, a variety of groups. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Start The Talking I Could Talk All Night | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
So what word did these lexicographical social workers give us to look after and litter the pages of G2 with until we turned welmish 14?. From Wordnik.com. [Move to rescue obscure words] Reference
Detruncation, however, had nothing to do with this latter metamorphosis; and I am afraid this is not a solitary instance of lexicographical incongruity. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
Schott describes his blog as "a repository of unconsidered lexicographical trifles -- some serious, others frivolous, some neologized, others newly newsworthy.". From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Weissman: Language Lovers Unite] Reference
What propelled both his laboratory and lexicographical interests, Mr. Kendall tells us, was a passion for taxonomy and organizing things -- a passion, in short, for lists. From Wordnik.com. [A Yen for Synonyms] Reference
Even grammatical and lexicographical works, intended solely to facilitate the study of ancient literature, contain many extracts or short sentences bearing on law and custom. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Doing this will produce proper lexicographical comparisons. From Wordnik.com. [Database Journal News] Reference
I could see the lexicographical gears grinding in their minds. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
Facciolati, who secured his assistance in his lexicographical work. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
If you really insist on comparing vectors, use lexicographical order. From Wordnik.com. [GameDev.Net] Reference
That doesn't mean distracted driving is without lexicographical interest. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Comparisons are arithmetic if both ARGs are numbers, else lexicographical. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
The bone-numbing tedium of lexicographical surveillance and research was resumed. From Wordnik.com. [open source theology - Comments] Reference
Here is a word that shows us that lexicographical research is still alive and well. From Wordnik.com. [OUPblog] Reference
And under these new conditions lexicographical activity at once bursts forth with vigour. From Wordnik.com. [The evolution of English lexicography] Reference
That the term has hitherto been found only in lexicographical tablets need not surprise us. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Schott's Vocab blog, which is doling out a "lexicographical trifle" a day with an assist from the. From Wordnik.com. [About Last Night] Reference
By his lexicographical work, Dr. J.C. Hepburn has made debtors to him both the native and the alien. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji] Reference
David Blaine has secured his place in lexicographical history by twatdangling his way into the Urban Dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
Again, it's asinine for Mukasey to suggest that the problem is Congress has never donned its lexicographical cap. From Wordnik.com. [unbossed.com] Reference
Torah and the Prophets, like the grammatical and lexicographical treatises of Ibn Janah, or the exegetical works of Saadia. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy] Reference
A lexicographical tablet gives shabattu as the equivalent of um nuh libbi, "the day of the appeasement of the heart" (of the gods). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
It was the first time I had ever committed the word to writing, and all at once I felt I would like lexicographical authority for it. From Wordnik.com. [Crome Yellow] Reference
All his Canadian contemporaries looked upon him as a master of the language, his lexicographical erudition being unrivalled in Canada. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Putting on as brave a face as possible, they are satisfied to regard themselves as "part of a new lexicographical tradition in the making.". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference
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