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lex^¹

/lɛks/
/lɛks/ Canada, US, UK
/leks/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like Lex, leks · Rhymes with -ɛks

Where it comes from

Clipping of lexical (analysis).

verb lexes · lexing · lexed

To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing. Once this is done, each processor parses and lexes its own documents, using conventional programming techniques.

noun lexes

A particular inflected form.
Similar: inflection, wordform
uncommon An isolex (isogloss of a word).

lex^²

/lɛks/
/lɛks/ Canada, US, UK
/leks/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like Lex, leks · Rhymes with -ɛks

noun leges

uncommon A Roman or Latin law (particularly in ancient Rome or in medieval Europe). The 19th and 20th lines of the lex on the tablet (which decree the repeal of the rectigalia) seem to be conclusive in favour of this and against Rudorff's earlier theory.

Lex^³

/lɛks/

Sounds like lex, leks · Rhymes with -ɛks

proper noun Lexes

abbreviation, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Clipping of Lexington
countable, diminutive, informal, uncountable Diminutive of Lexus Could've got the Beamer. I ain't really want it.[…]Man, I should've got the Lex. Dropped the top on em, I ain't wanna flex. Would've hit your girl, I ain't want the sex.
countable, uncountable A diminutive of the male given name Alexander
countable, uncountable A diminutive of the female given names Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: law, barker, eur, legislation, statute, act, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, decree, edict, mandate, precept, canon, enactment

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"lex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

lex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lex

Chicago

"lex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lex.

BibTeX

@misc{lex_2026,
  title = {lex},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lex},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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