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lexis

noun
/ˈlɛksɪs/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs)lbor. English lexis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).

  1. learned borrowing from λέξις — “speech, word”

Definitions

  1. The set of all words and phrases in a language

    The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.

    • Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.

  2. Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language

    Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.

  3. The vocabulary used by a writer.

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

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Derived

dyslexia, hyperlexia, lexon

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA