Lexicographist
(Lex`i*cog"ra*phist) n. A lexicographer. [R.] Southey.
Lexicography
(Lex`i*cog"ra*phy) n. [Cf. F. lexicographie.] The art, process, or occupation of making
a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
Lexicologist
(Lex`i*col"o*gist) n. One versed in lexicology.
Lexicology
(Lex`i*col"o*gy) n. [Gr. lexiko`n lexicon + -logy: cf. F. lexicologie.] The science of the
derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application
of words.
Lexicon
(Lex"i*con) n. [Gr. lexiko`n (sc. bibli`on), neut. of lexiko`s of or belonging to words, fr. le`xis
a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a single word or phrase, fr. le`gein to say, to speak. See Legend.]
A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable
number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or
Latin language.
Lexiconist
(Lex"i*con*ist), n. A writer of a lexicon. [R.]
Lexigraphic
(Lex`i*graph"ic) a. [Cf. F. lexigraphique.] Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
Lexigraphy
(Lex*ig"ra*phy) n. [Gr. le`xis word + -graphy: cf. F. lexigraphie.] The art or practice of
defining words; definition of words.
Lexiphanic
(Lex`i*phan"ic) a. [Gr. lexifa`nis a phrase monger; le`xis speech + fai`nein to show.] Using,
or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing.
Lexiphanicism
(Lex`i*phan"i*cism) n. The use of pretentious words, language, or style.
Lexipharmic
(Lex`i*phar"mic) a. See Alexipharmic.
Ley
(Ley) v. t. & i. To lay; to wager. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ley
(Ley), n. [OF.] Law. Abbott.
Ley
(Ley) n. [Obs.] See Lye.
Ley
(Ley) n. Grass or meadow land; a lea.
Ley
(Ley), a. Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Leyden jar
(Ley"den jar") Ley"den phi"al (Elec.) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity.
It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which
communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from
having been invented in Leyden, Holland.
Leyser
(Ley"ser) n. Leisure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Leze majesty
(Leze` maj"es*ty) (lez` maj"es*ty). [F. lese-majesté, fr. L. laesus, fem. laesa, injured (see
Lesion) + majestas majesty; that is, crimen laesae majestatis.] [Written also lese majesty.] (Law) Any
crime committed against the sovereign power.
Lherzolite
(Lher"zo*lite) n. [From Lherz, a place in the Pyrenees + -lite.] (Min.) An igneous rock consisting
largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
Li
(Li) n.
