lexiconic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the lexicon, or vocabulary in general.
adj
Of or pertaining to a lexicon or dictionary.
Example Sentences
- "It is to the lexiconic genius of Dr. Holmes that we owe the terms anaesthesia and the adjective, anaesthetic."
- "[…] he performs linguistic acrobatics, bringing a new sense of language into the theatre, combining lexiconic esoterica with street speech."
- "Democracy entered the American lexiconic mainstream when the country began to industrialize […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English lexicon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English lexiconic From lexicon + -ic.
Derived Forms
lexiconical
lexiconically