Associations to the word «Lexicology»

Wiktionary

LEXICOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) (linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
LEXICOLOGY, noun. (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

Dictionary definition

LEXICOLOGY, noun. The branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery