delexical

adj

Etymology

From de- + lexical.

Definitions

  1. That has little or no meaning by itself.

    • The verb "take" is delexical in the phrase "take a shower".

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for delexical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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