vernacular

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Synonyms: vermicular, vernaculate, versicular, vernaculars

Antonyms: vermicular, vernaculate, versicular, vernaculars

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. The [[language]] of a people or a [[national]] language.
2. [[everyday|Everyday]] [[speech]] or [[dialect]], including [[colloquialism]]s, as opposed to [[standard]], [[literary]], [[liturgical]], or [[scientific]] [[idiom]].
3. Language [[unique]] to a particular [[group]] of people.
4. A language lacking standardization or a written form.
5. [[indigenous|Indigenous]] spoken language, as distinct from a literary or [[liturgical language]] such as {{w|Ecclesiastical Latin}}.
6. {{lb|en|architecture}} A [[style]] of [[architecture]] [[involving]] [[local]] [[building]] [[material]]s and [[style]]s; not [[imported]].

Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|of or pertaining to everyday language}} Of or pertaining to [[everyday]] [[language]], as opposed to [[standard]], [[literary]], [[liturgical]], or [[scientific]] idiom.
2. {{senseid|en|native, indigenous, endemic}} Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or [[by nature]].
3. {{senseid|en|of local style, in architecture}} {{lb|en|architecture}} Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
4. {{senseid|en|art}} {{lb|en|art}} Connected to a [[collective memory]]; not imported.
5. {{senseid|en|taxonomy}} {{lb|en|taxonomy}} Not attempting to use the rules of a taxonomic code, especially, not using scientific Latin.

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