Mathematicians have wrestled with this question, but now it turns out that lexicographers have, too. |
Austen does no better than the lexicographers at delineating a set that comprises all but only novels. |
These eminent lexicographers reckon that the golden days of literacy have past. |
Ghost words are created accidentally by lexicographers, and when they are exposed they generally fade away. |
On the other hand, lexicographers apparently find no evidence that this was in fact the word's origin. |
Historical lexicographers, like myself, even look down on what is regarded as the Golden Age of Language. |