Associations to the word «Lexicon»

Wiktionary

LEXICON, noun. The vocabulary of a language.
LEXICON, noun. (linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
LEXICON, noun. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
LEXICON, noun. (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
LEXICON, noun. (rare) Any dictionary.
LEXICON, noun. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge)
LEXICON, noun. A vocabulary specific to a certain subject.

Dictionary definition

LEXICON, noun. A language user's knowledge of words.
LEXICON, noun. A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King