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lex⋅i⋅con

  [lek-si-kon, -kuhn]
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–noun, plural lex⋅i⋅ca  [lek-si-kuh] , lex⋅i⋅cons.
1. a wordbook or dictionary, esp. of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
2. the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc.
3. inventory or record: unparalleled in the lexicon of human relations.
4. Linguistics.
a. the total inventory of morphemes in a given language.
b. the inventory of base morphemes plus their combinations with derivational morphemes.
Origin:
1595–1605; < ML < MGk, Gk lexikón, n. use of neut. of lexikós of words, equiv. to léx(is) speech, word (see lexis ) + -ikos -ic

Synonyms:
1. glossary, thesaurus, gloss, concordance.
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lex·i·con   (lěk'sĭ-kŏn')   
n.   pl. lex·i·cons or lex·i·ca (-kə)
  1. A dictionary.
  2. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary: the lexicon of surrealist art.
  3. Linguistics The morphemes of a language considered as a group.

[Medieval Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion), word(book), from neuter of lexikos, of words, from lexis, word, from legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry:  lexicon1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a word book describing language with definitions; dictionary
Etymology:  Greek lexis 'word, phrase'
Main Entry:  lexicon2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the vocabulary of a person, group, subject, or language; also, the total morphemes of a language
Etymology:  Greek lexis 'word, phrase'
Main Entry:  lexicon3
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  repertoire; compendium
Etymology:  Greek lexis 'word, phrase'
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Language Translation for : Lexicon
Spanish: léxico, lexicón,
German: das Lexikon,
Japanese: 辞書
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Lexicon

Lex"i*con\ (l[e^]ks"[i^]*k[o^]n), 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.
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lexicon 
1603, "a dictionary," from Mod.L., from Gk. lexikon (biblion) "word (book)," from neut. of lexikos "pertaining to words," from lexis "word," from legein "say" (see lecture). Used originally of dictionaries of Gk., Syriac, Hebrew and Arabic, since these usually were in Latin and in Mod.L. lexicon, not dictionarius, was the preferred word. The modern sense of "vocabulary proper to some sphere of activity" (1647) is a fig. extension.
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