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lexis^¹

/ˈlɛksɪs/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛksəs

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).

noun lexises · lexes · lexeis

countable, uncountable The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language. Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
countable, uncountable Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations. By the 1980s, English language teachers generally had begun to realize that there had been a neglect of lexis in teaching methods and coursebooks. […] The basic truth that without vocabulary or lexis we can't express anything had to be restated and a new approach to teaching lexis was needed.
countable, uncountable The vocabulary used by a writer. In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

Lexis^²

proper noun

plural plural of Lexi

proper noun Lexises

A female given name, variant of Alexis

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

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@misc{lexis_2026,
  title = {lexis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lexis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}