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Definition of Lexicon
1. Noun. A language user's knowledge of words.
Generic synonyms: Cognition, Knowledge, Noesis
Group relationships: Language, Speech
Derivative terms: Lexical
2. Noun. A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.
Terms within: Dictionary Entry, Lexical Entry
Generic synonyms: Wordbook
Specialized synonyms: Bilingual Dictionary, Collegiate Dictionary, Desk Dictionary, Etymological Dictionary, Gazetteer, Learner's Dictionary, School Dictionary, Little Dictionary, Pocket Dictionary, Spell-checker, Spelling Checker, Unabridged, Unabridged Dictionary
Derivative terms: Lexical
Definition of Lexicon
1. n. 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.
Definition of Lexicon
1. Noun. (linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes. ¹
2. Noun. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic. ¹
3. Noun. (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.) ¹
4. Noun. (rare) Any dictionary. ¹
5. Noun. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge) ¹
6. Noun. A vocabulary specific to a certain subject. EX: a baseball lexicon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lexicon
1. a dictionary [n -CA or -CONS] - See also: dictionary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lexicon
Literary usage of Lexicon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1840)
"In order, then, to form the New-York lexicon, the whole of the Greek text was
... The lexicon was then formed from these materials, and was sent to the ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"Medical lexicon—A Dictionary of Medical Science, containing a Concise Explanation
of the Various Subjects and Terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, ..."
3. The Christian Examiner (1837)
"At the age of twenty-four, he published a Hebrew and German lexicon, with the title
... It A Hebrew and English lexicon of the. Old Testament, including the ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1847)
"THIS is a new and greatly improved edition of the Greek and English lexicon
published at Boston in 1826. Since that time the course of Greek studies in. our ..."
5. Monthly Review (1820)
"The author professes to compose an universal bibliographical lexicon, ...
These books are, in the prospectus prefixed to die lexicon, divided into fourteen ..."
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