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Example sentences for: lexicographers
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As for the answer, it is better to avoid very learned or rare words unknown to all but a few lexicographers.
That is not the truism it appears to be: as lexicographers add entries, increasing the depth to which the lexicon is being probed, they must add definitions, proportionally increasing the coverage of existing entries (which often accomplishes little or nothing to increase the entry count).
For some reason unknown to lexicographers the word became popular, and it was but a matter of time before it was shortened to pommy and then pom , both of which were used adjectivally as well.
As noted, lexicographers for obvious reasons have far more trouble gathering oral citations than written ones.
Under “A,” for example, the lexicographers provide entries for Adam, Ad feminam, ageism, “Ain't I a Woman” (Sojourner Truth's speech), and amniocentesis . “Z” is limited to three entries: Zamani Soweto sisters, Zeitgeist (`Spirit of liberty, equality, and sorority'), and Zugassent (a term for male continence as practised by the Oneida utopian community).