Associations to the word «Lexis»

Wiktionary

LEXIS, noun. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
LEXIS, noun. The vocabulary used by a writer

Dictionary definition

LEXIS, noun. All of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin