Lexicon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "lexicon":
     biographical dictionary, cant, chemical dictionary,
     desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary,
     dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary,
     etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary, gazetteer,
     general dictionary, geological dictionary, gloss, glossary, gradus,
     jargon, language, lexis, nomenclator, onomasticon, palaver,
     phrase book, phraseology, polyglot dictionary, promptorium,
     rhyming dictionary, science dictionary, slang dictionary,
     specialized dictionary, stock of words, synonym dictionary,
     synonymy, terminology, thesaurus, treasury of words,
     unabridged dictionary, verbiage, vocabulary, word list, wordage,
     wordbook, wordhoard, words