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

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates