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paralexicon

noun
/pæɹəˈlɛksɪkɒn/

Etymology

* para- + lexicon

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻
  2. derived from λεξικόν
  3. borrowed from lexicon
  4. prefixed as paralexicon — “para + lexicon”

Definitions

  1. A parallel set of vocabulary within a language, e.g. a formal register, ritual language…

    A parallel set of vocabulary within a language, e.g. a formal register, ritual language or secret cant, code switching

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paralexicon. 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