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word-hoard

[wurd-hawrd, -hohrd]
–noun
a person's vocabulary.

Origin:
1890–95; literal mod. rendering of OE wordhord
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word-hoard   (wûrd'hôrd', -hōrd')
n.  The sum of words one uses or understands; a vocabulary.

[Translation of Old English wordhord.]
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