Definition of lexical
1
: of or relating to words or the vocabulary of a language as distinguished from its grammar and construction
Our language has many lexical borrowings from other languages.
2
: of or relating to a lexicon or to lexicography
lexical methods aim to list all the relevant forms— A. F. Parker-Rhodes
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The first known use of lexical was in 1836
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