Definition of Lexis

1. Noun. All of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function.

Generic synonyms: Cognition, Knowledge, Noesis
Group relationships: Language, Speech
Derivative terms: Lexical

Definition of Lexis

1. Noun. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language. ¹

2. Noun. The vocabulary used by a writer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lexis

1. the vocabulary of a language, a group, or a subject field [n LEXES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lexis

lexigram
lexigrams
lexigraph
lexigraphic
lexigraphical
lexigraphs
lexigraphy
lexing
lexiphane
lexiphanes
lexiphanic
lexiphanical
lexiphanically
lexiphanicism
lexiphanicisms
lexis (current term)
lexises
lexophile
lexophiles
ley
ley line
ley lines
leyden phial
leydig cell tumour
leydig cells
leydigarche
leylandii
leylandiis
leyline
leylines

Literary usage of Lexis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mathematical theory of probabilities and its application to frequency by Arne Fisher (1922)
"Bernoullian, Poisson and lexis Series.—In the previous chapter we ... The absolute frequency series as produced in this way is called a lexis Series. ..."

2. Sociology at the Paris Exposition of 1900 by Lester Frank Ward (1901)
"REPORT OF PROFESSOR lexis. The report of Prof. W. lexis, on instruction in the social sciences in Germany, occurs among the papers of the Congress without ..."

3. Old Testament and Semitic Studies in Memory of William Rainey Harper by William Rainey Harper (1908)
"But let the same lexis be divided into lexic sections ... of the lexis rara (1 + 1: 1 + 1) differs from that of the lexis ..."

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