lexis
Meanings
Plural: lexeis, lexes, lexises
Noun
- all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
- The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
- Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
- The vocabulary used by a writer.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).
Scrabble Score: 12
lexis is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordlexis is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lexis is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
lexis is a valid Words With Friends word