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lex·i·con

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–noun, plural lex·i·ca

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.

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 Audio Help (lěk'sĭ-kŏn') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. lex·i·cons or lex·i·ca (-kə)

A dictionary.
A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary: the lexicon of surrealist art.
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'

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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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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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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]

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lexicon [ˈleksikən, (American) -kon] noun

a dictionary

Arabic:	مُعْجَم
Chinese (Simplified):	词典
Chinese (Traditional):	詞典
Czech:	slovník
Danish:	leksikon
Dutch:	lexicon
Estonian:	leksikon, sõnaraamat
Finnish:	sanakirja
French:	lexique
German:	das Lexikon
Greek:	λεξικό
Hungarian:	szótár
Icelandic:	orðabók
Indonesian:	kamus
Italian:	lessico

Japanese:	辞書
Korean:	사전
Latvian:	leksikons, vārdnīca
Lithuanian:	žodynas
Norwegian:	ordbok, leksikon
Polish:	leksykon
Portuguese (Brazil):	léxico
Portuguese (Portugal):	dicionário
Romanian:	dicţionar
Russian:	словарь
Slovak:	lexikón
Slovenian:	leksikon
Spanish:	léxico, lexicón
Swedish:	lexikon
Turkish:	sözlük, lügat

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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.

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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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