This article aims to give a general overview of lexicographic activity in Acadia through an analysis of the methodological choices made by the authors of lexicographic works and of their perception of the variety they are describing. By analyzing the paratexts of the twenty or so works inventoried, we will show that the variety that is the most described remains, to this day, traditional Acadian French, which explains why the authors tend to draw a lot of attention to the question of origins. This strong interest in a variety of language that has almost completely disappeared makes sense when it is understood as part of a discourse legitimizing Acadian French in a minority setting. That being said, modern lexical usage is still not well described and thus not very well known.