Lexicon
['leksɪk(ə)n] or ['lɛksɪkən]
Definition
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dictionary, glossary, vocabulary, word-book.
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Definition
n. a word-book or dictionary.—adj. Lex′ical belonging to a lexicon.—adv. Lex′ically.—n. Lexicog′rapher one skilled in lexicography.—adjs. Lexicograph′ic -al.—ns. Lexicog′raphist Lexicol′ogist one skilled in lexicology; Lexicog′raphy the art of compiling a dictionary; Lexicol′ogy that branch of philology which treats of the proper signification and use of words.—adjs. Lexigraph′ic -al pertaining to lexigraphy.—n. Lexig′raphy the art of defining words.
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Examples
- Mortally: after all, it's tough work fagging away at a language with no master but a lexicon. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A stunning blow from the big Greek lexicon, which an old fellow in a black gown fired at him, said Ned. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- By the ninth and tenth centuries there are not only grammars, but great lexicons, and a mass of philological learning in Islam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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