lexiconic
adjEtymology From lexicon + -ic.
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Of or pertaining to the lexicon, or vocabulary in general.
- It is to the lexiconic genius of Dr. Holmes that we owe the terms anaesthesia and the adjective, anaesthetic.1940, Frank Joseph Jirka, American Doctors of Destiny, →ISBN, page 101:
- […] he performs linguistic acrobatics, bringing a new sense of language into the theatre, combining lexiconic esoterica with street speech.2000, The Cambridge History of American Theatre, →ISBN, page 218:
1 more example
- Democracy entered the American lexiconic mainstream when the country began to industrialize […]2006, Michael Zakim, Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the American Republic, →ISBN, page 6:
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Of or pertaining to a lexicon or dictionary.
- Derived terms
- lexiconical, lexiconically