lexis

See also: Lexis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “diction”, “word”), from λεγ- (leg-, “to speak”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lexis (plural lexises or lexeis)

  1. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
  2. The vocabulary used by a writer
    In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

Derived terms

  • lexiplacy, lexoplacy (word-coining, word-creation)

References

  1. 1 2 “lexis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέξις (lexis)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlek.sis/, [ˈɫɛk.sɪs]

Noun

lexis f (genitive lexeōs); third declension

  1. A word.

Declension

Irregular. Accusative plural lexeis.

Synonyms

References

  • lexis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lexis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lexis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lexis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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