Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lexicography

Lexicography (leks`i*kog"rȧ*fy) , noun

[Compare French lexicographie.]

The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries; as, with so many words lexicography can be interesting in parts but at length is rather tedious labor.