Lexicology

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Lexicology
Author: Noah Webster

LEXICOL’OGY, n. [Gr. a dictionary, and discourse.]

The science of words; that branch of learning which treats of the proper signification and just application of words.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Lexicology," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed June 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EJSQBS26NSXUVJ.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Lexicology." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 30 Jun. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EJSQBS26NSXUVJ.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Lexicology' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 30 June 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8EJSQBS26NSXUVJ.