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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lexicon \Lex"i*con\ (l[e^]ks"[i^]*k[o^]n), n. [Gr. lexiko`n (sc. bibli`on), neut. of lexiko`s of or belonging to words fr le`xis a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a single word or phrase, fr le`gein to say to speak. See {Legend}.] A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them with the definition of each a dictionary especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lexicon n 1: a language user's knowledge of words [syn: {vocabulary}, {mental lexicon}] 2: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: {dictionary}]
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