word-hoard
[ wurd-hawrd, -hohrd ]
/ ˈwɜrdˌhɔrd, -ˌhoʊrd /
noun
a person's vocabulary.
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Nearby words
word time, word to the wise, a, word wrap, word wrapping, word-blind, word-hoard, word-lore, word-perfect, wordage, wordbook, wordbreak
Origin of word-hoard
1890–95; literal modern rendering of Old English wordhord
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Other words and phrases also drawn from the “word-hoard” of the Icelandic tongue are sprinkled over the pages.
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