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lexis

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛksɪs/Part of speech nounSorted eilsxStarts with LEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).

Used in a sentence

  • Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
  • In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

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