lexica

Noun

lexicon (plural lexica or lexicons)

1. The vocabulary of a language.
   • Formalism seeks to correct this deficiency by translating verbal texts into formal, mathematizable lexicons which are then manipulated into general propositions.1979, Charles C. Lemert, “Language, Structure, and Measurement: Structuralist Semiotics and Sociology”, in The American Journal of Sociology, volume 84, number 4, page 944

   Synonyms:

   word-hoard, word-stock

2. A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
   • Sluiter examines a tension inherent in such scholarly works as lexica, scholia, epitomai, and commentaries: although the very titles of these works claim no more than secondary status, their authors engage nonetheless in a rhetoric of self-legitimation.2000, Mary Depew, Dirk Obbink, Matrices of Genre: Authors, Canons, and Society, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 10, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   wordbook

3. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
4. The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
5. (rare) Any dictionary.
6. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)

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