word-hoard

[ wurd-hawrd, -hohrd ]

noun

1. a person's vocabulary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of word-hoard¹

First recorded in 1890–95; literal modern rendering of Old English wordhord

Example Sentences

Other words and phrases also drawn from the “word-hoard” of the Icelandic tongue are sprinkled over the pages.

From Project Gutenberg

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