lexicon
noun
a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
lexicons
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pluralof lexicon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and Fed Governors Christopher Waller and Philip Jefferson in recent weeks have introduced ‘skip’ and ‘skipping’ into Fed-watchers’ lexicons.
From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2023
Because Rowling is a brilliant and beloved storyteller who is astonishingly good at entering lexicons, manipulating language and telling fantasy stories.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023
No wonder that young people have also seemed especially receptive to absorbing the ideas of therapy into their lives and their lexicons — speaking with casual familiarity about triggers and traumas and diagnoses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
“Popular threads develop intrinsic behavioral norms, and informal vocabularies or lexicons, which become narrower and narrower,” he told me in an email.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2022
Rhetoric, as defined in the lexicons, as taught in the schools, as practised in times of peaceful leisure—is not the kind that graced the forum during the American Revolution.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
