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non-lexical adjective language specialized(alsononlexical)uk /ˌnɒnˈlek.sɪ.kəl/ us /ˌnɑːnˈlek.sɪ.kəl/ not relating to words and their meanings, especially as included in a dictionary: The editors added thousands of non-lexical items to the dictionary, including biographical and geographical entries. For ease of reading, repetitions, pauses, and non-lexical utterances (ums, uh huhs) have been excluded. You will find a list of colleges and universities, along with other nonlexical information, in the back section of the dictionary. The singer's music is often filled with non-lexical utterances. The chorus of the song can be sung by repeating "la" or any other kind of non-lexical syllable. The poet's spoken-word performance involves a lot of whistles, clicking of the tongue, and other nonlexical sounds. Brand names that had not become generic were considered as nonlexical and omitted from the dictionary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Linguistics: very & extreme abjectly absolutely abundantly abundantly clear beyond biblical downright extraordinarily extremely infinitely particularly profoundly super super-duper super-spectacular superabundantly surpassingly totally violently whatever |