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lex·i·con
Audio Help [lek-si-kon, -kuh
n] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [lek-si-kon, -kuh
n] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural lex·i·ca
Audio Help [lek-si-kuh] Pronunciation Key, lex·i·cons.
Audio Help [lek-si-kuh] Pronunciation Key, 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.
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| lex·i·con
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n. pl. lex·i·cons or lex·i·ca (-kə)
[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' |
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| 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' |
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| Main Entry: | lexicon3 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | repertoire; compendium |
| Etymology: | Greek lexis 'word, phrase' |
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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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| lexicon | |
noun | |
| 1. | a language user's knowledge of words [syn: vocabulary] |
| 2. | a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: dictionary] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
lexicon [ˈleksikən, (American) -kon] noun
a dictionary
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Lexicon
Lex`i*cog"ra*pher\ (-[i^]*k[o^]g"r[.a]*f[~e]r), n. [Gr. lexikogra`fos; lexiko`n dictionary + gra`fein to write: cf. F. lexicographe. See Lexicon.] The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. --Johnson.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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