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sɪˌkɒn, -kən noun, plural lex·i·ca [lek-si-kuh] , lex·i·cons.
[lek-si-kuh] , lex·i·cons. 1.
a wordbook or dictionary, especially 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.
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a dictionary, esp one of an ancient language such as Greek or Hebrew |
| 2. | a list of terms relating to a particular subject |
| 3. | the vocabulary of a language or of an individual |
| 4. | linguistics the set of all the morphemes of a language |
| [C17: New Latin, from Greek lexikon, n use of lexikos relating to words, from Greek lexis word, from legein to speak] | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| 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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Word Origin & History
lexicon
c.1600, "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" (1640s) is a figurative extension.
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Small wonder that the word karaoke began to seem as much a part of the global lexicon as--well, car and okay.
There is a word in there that you might want to add to your lexicon.
In the lexicon of famous oxymorons, the auto industry about to add another: ecological plastics.
We need an account of how a lexicon got off the ground, and cross-modal abstraction is the answer.
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