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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 526 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEXICON , a See also:

DICTIONARY

dictionary (q.v.) . The word is the Latinized See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Gr . Xe uc6v, sc . Og3),iov, a word-See also:

BOOK

book (X ts, word, Myecv, to speak) . Lexicon, rather than dictionary, is used of word-books of the See also:

Greek See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, and sometimes of Arabic and See also:

HEBREW

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