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lexis

[lek-sis]

lex·is

[lek-sis]
noun Linguistics.
the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.

Origin:
1955–60; < Greek léxis speech, diction, word, text, equivalent to lég(ein) to speak, recount (akin to lógos account, word, Latin legere to read; see logos, lection) + -sis -sis
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Lexis is always a great word to know.
So is blend. Does it mean:
a word made by putting together parts of other words; motel, brunch, guesstimate
a mark (?) used as a diacritic over a vowel, as ?, ?, ?, to indicate a vowel sound different from that of the letter without the diacritic
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lexis (ˈlɛksɪs)
 
n
the totality of vocabulary items in a language, including all forms having lexical meaning or grammatical function
 
[C20: from Greek lexis word]

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