Lexis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›ksÉ™s
• RP enPR: lÄ•kʹsÄ­s, IPA: /ˈlÉ›ksɪs/,

Origin

From Ancient Greek λέξις (lexis, "diction”, “word"), from λεγ- (leg-, "to speak").

“lexis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2

nd

1989

Full definition of lexis

Noun

1. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
2. The vocabulary used by a writerIn this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand sometimes.

Anagrams

• silex