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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
an avid word enthusiast who is compiling a lexicon of archaic and unusual words
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Recent Examples of lexicon
The Celtic words that made their way into the lexicon tended to be location-based.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
That is fueled in no small part by a sense that the tide has turned both culturally and politically against those seeking to keep the word out of the popular lexicon.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 8 May 2025
Fashion becomes a kind of speculative archive—a visual lexicon of memory, cultural inheritance, and individuality.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
The first major of the year will be here in a matter of days, and Sun Day Red has put itself into the lexicon of golf fashion.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
That is fueled in no small part by a sense that the tide has turned both culturally and politically against those seeking to keep the word out of the popular lexicon.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 8 May 2025
Fashion becomes a kind of speculative archive—a visual lexicon of memory, cultural inheritance, and individuality.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
The first major of the year will be here in a matter of days, and Sun Day Red has put itself into the lexicon of golf fashion.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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dictionary
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The word was even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in the years since.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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