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Word: Lexicon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion) ‘(book) of words’, from lexis ‘word’, from legein ‘speak’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɛksɪk(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
Short Definition:vocabulary of person, language, or branch of knowledge
Examples:- the size of the English lexicon
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