Complete Definition of "lexis"

English

Etymology
From AGr., possibly via Latin.

Noun
lexis

  1. The total set of words in a language.
  2. The vocabulary used by a writer

#: In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand sometimes.


Latin

Etymology
From AGr.|la λέξι� (lexis)

Noun
la-noun|lexis|lexeos|lexe�s|f|third

  1. A word.

Declension
Irregular. Accusative plural lexeis.

Synonyms
nomen|n�men, verbum

vi:lexis
tr:lexis

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