Lexis Definition
lĕksĭs
noun
The full vocabulary of a language, or of a group, individual, field of study, etc.
Webster's New World
A computerized legal research service.
Webster's New World Law
The vocabulary used by a writer.
In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand sometimes.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Lexis
Noun
Singular:
lexis
Plural:
lexeis, lexisesOrigin of Lexis
From Ancient Greek λέξις (lexis, “diction", “word"), from λεγ- (leg-, “to speak").
From Wiktionary
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Greek speech, word lexicon
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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