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lexis
[ lek-sis ]
noun
, Linguistics.
- the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.
lexis
/ ˈlɛksɪs /
noun
- the totality of vocabulary items in a language, including all forms having lexical meaning or grammatical function
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lexis1
C20: from Greek lexis word
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Example Sentences
The FBI claimed the Lexis-Nexis searches cost the Times $300,000 and Lamo faced 15 years in jail for the breach.
From The Daily Beast
For in the view of the Greeks the words (lexis) were an integral part of the whole composition.
From Project Gutenberg
But there was a separate dispute far less notorious as to the quality of the lexis.
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Porson was accustomed, meanly enough, to ridicule the Greek lexis of this ode; which was to break a fly upon the wheel.
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