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LEX
Proper noun
Lex
(informal) Lexington.
A pet form of the male given name Alexander.
A pet form of the female given names Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis.
Etymology
Verb
lex (third-person singular simple present lexes, present participle lexing, simple past and past participle lexed)
(computing) To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.
Noun
lex (plural lexes)
(linguistics) A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme.
Source: Wiktionary
Lex, n.; pl. Leges. Etym: [L. See Legal.]
Definition: Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terræ, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FIDDLE
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
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