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noun, the vocabulary of a language or of an individual
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lexicon
- 1) noun, a dictionary, esp one of an ancient language such as Greek or Hebrew
- 2) noun, a list of terms relating to a particular subject
- 3) noun, the vocabulary of a language or of an individual
- 4) noun, linguistics the set of all the morphemes of a language
Etymology
C17: New Latin, from Greek lexikon, n use of lexikos relating to words, from Greek lexis word, from legein to speak
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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