As an adjective usage
is used.
As a noun usagist is
(linguistics|rare) one who defines a language by usage rather than theory.
usage
Noun
(
en noun)
The manner or the amount of using; use
Habit or accepted practice
(lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
# Correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority.
# Geographic, social, or temporal restrictions on the use of words.
Derived terms
* usage dictionary
* usage guide
* usage label
* usage lexicography
* usage note
* usage panel
References
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* Sydney I. Landau (2001), Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, p 217.
Anagrams
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usagist
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(linguistics, rare) One who defines a language by usage rather than theory.
Synonyms
* descriptivist