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What's The Definition Of Lexicon?
[n] a language user's knowledge of words
[n] a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them Synonyms | Synonyms for Lexicon: dictionary | mental lexicon | vocabulary Related Terms | Find terms related to Lexicon: biographical dictionary | cant | chemical dictionary | desk dictionary | dialect dictionary | dictionary | dictionary of quotations | electronics dictionary | etymological dictionary | foreign-language dictionary | gazetteer | general dictionary | geological dictionary | gloss | glossary | gradus | jargon | language | lexis | nomenclator | onomasticon | palaver | phrase book | phraseology | polyglot dictionary | promptorium | rhyming dictionary | science dictionary | slang dictionary | specialized dictionary | stock of words | synonym dictionary | synonymy | terminology | thesaurus | treasury of words | unabridged dictionary | verbiage | vocabulary | word list | wordage | wordbook | wordhoard | words See Also | bilingual dictionary | cognition | collegiate dictionary | desk dictionary | dictionary entry | etymological dictionary | gazetteer | knowledge | language | learner's dictionary | lexical entry | little dictionary | noesis | pocket dictionary | school dictionary | speech | spell-checker | spelling checker | unabridged dictionary | wordbook Lexicon In Webster's Dictionary \Lex"i*con\ (l[e^]ks"[i^]*k[o^]n), n. [Gr. lexiko`n (sc.
bibli`on), neut. of lexiko`s of or belonging to words, fr.
le`xis a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a single word
or phrase, fr. le`gein to say, to speak. See {Legend}.]
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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