HIGH vocabulary
Lexicography
The practice of compiling dictionaries.
Example
"She found the intricacies of lexicography fascinating, spending years researching and defining words for the new edition of the dictionary."
Etymology
From Greek 'lexikos' (of words) and 'graphein' (to write).
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