vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
(noun) a language user’s knowledge of words
dictionary, lexicon
(noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lexicon (plural lexica or lexicons)
The vocabulary of a language.
Synonyms: word-hoard, word-stock
(linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
Synonym: wordbook
A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
(rare) Any dictionary.
The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge)
A vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
Source: Wiktionary
Lex"i*con, n. Etym: [Gr. Legend.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
