See Also: lexical(medicine)
lexical(dictionary)
lexical(dictionary)

lexical (iou)



lexical adjective. M19.
[from Greek lexikos (see LEXICON) + -AL1.]
Of or pertaining to the words or vocabulary of a language. Freq. opp. grammatical. M19.
lexical meaning the meaning of a base in a paradigm or abstracted from particular grammatical contexts, e.g. of love in or as represented by loves, loved, loving, etc.
G. A. Miller In the Oxford English Dictionary there are nearly half a million lexical units.
Pertaining to or of the nature of a lexicon or dictionary. L19.
lexically adverb (a) in respect of vocabulary; (b) according to lexicons of a language; in the manner of a lexicon: M19.