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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley