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lex·i·con    (lks-kn) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. lex·i·cons or lex·i·ca   (-k) KEY  

1. A dictionary.
2. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary: the lexicon of surrealist art.
3. Linguistics The morphemes of a language considered as a group.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion), word(book), from neuter of lexikos, of words, from lexis, word, from legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots

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