lexical
lexical definition
lexi·cal (lek′si kəl)
adjective
- of a vocabulary, or stock of words, as that of a language; specif., of words as isolated items of vocabulary rather than elements in a grammatical structure
- of, or having the nature of, a lexicon or lexicography
Etymology: ModL lexicalis < Gr lexikon, lexicon
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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