Lexicon \Lex"i*con\ (l[e^]ks"[i^]*k[o^]n), n. [Gr. lexiko`n (sc.
bibli`on), neut. of lexiko`s of or belonging to words, fr.
le`xis a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a single word
or phrase, fr. le`gein to say, to speak. See Legend.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lexicon
n 1: a language user's knowledge of words [syn: vocabulary, mental
lexicon]
2: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
with information about them [syn: dictionary]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "lexicon":
biographical dictionary, cant, chemical dictionary,
desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary,
dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary,
etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary, gazetteer,
general dictionary, geological dictionary, gloss, glossary, gradus,
jargon, language, lexis, nomenclator, onomasticon, palaver,
phrase book, phraseology, polyglot dictionary, promptorium,
rhyming dictionary, science dictionary, slang dictionary,
specialized dictionary, stock of words, synonym dictionary,
synonymy, terminology, thesaurus, treasury of words,
unabridged dictionary, verbiage, vocabulary, word list, wordage,
wordbook, wordhoard, words
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
dictionary, latin language/lexicon, latin lexicon, lexicon aethiopico-latinum, lexicon technicum, memetic lexicon, mental lexicon, specialist lexicon, suda lexicon, the worldwide lexicon, vocabulary
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