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Definitions for Lexicon

[1] a wordbook or dictionary, especially 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.
[4] Linguistics . the total inventory of morphemes in a given language. the inventory of base morphemes plus their combinations with derivational morphemes.
[5] a dictionary, esp one of an ancient language such as Greek or Hebrew
[6] a list of terms relating to a particular subject
[7] the vocabulary of a language or of an individual
[8] linguistics the set of all the morphemes of a language

Words related to Lexicon

dictionary, vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus, terminology, wordbook

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Origin of Lexicon

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin < Medieval Greek, Greek lexikón, noun use of neuter of lexikós of words, equivalent to léx(is ) speech, word (see lexis) + -ikos -ic

Word origin for Lexicon

C17: New Latin, from Greek lexikon , n use of lexikos relating to words, from Greek lexis word, from legein to speak

Synonyms for Lexicon

dictionary, glossary, terminology, thesaurus, vocabulary, wordbook, word stock, wordlist