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Traditional English :: vernacular
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vernacular.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular).
2 the language of a particular clan or group.
3 homely speech. --adj. 1 (of language) of one's native country; not of foreign origin or of learned formation.
2 (of architecture) concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings. vernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv. [L vernaculus domestic, native f. verna home-born slave] |
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Traditional English :: vernacular
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vernacular.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular).
2 the language of a particular clan or group.
3 homely speech. --adj. 1 (of language) of one's native country; not of foreign origin or of learned formation.
2 (of architecture) concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings. vernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv. [L vernaculus domestic, native f. verna home-born slave] |
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Traditional English :: vernal
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vernacular.html - adj. of, in, or appropriate to spring (vernal equinox; vernal breezes). vernal grass a sweet-scented European grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, grown for hay. vernally adv. [L vernalis f. vernus f. ver spring] |
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Traditional English :: vernalization
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vernacular.html - n. (also -isation) the cooling of seed before planting, in order to accelerate flowering. vernalize v.tr. (also -ise). [(transl. of Russ. yarovizatsiya) f. VERNAL] |
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Traditional English :: vernation
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vernacular.html - n.
Bot. the arrangement of leaves in a leaf-bud (cf. AESTIVATION). [mod.L vernatio f. L vernare bloom (as VERNAL)] |
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Traditional English :: vernacular
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vernacular.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular).
2 the language of a particular clan or group.
3 homely speech. --adj. 1 (of language) of one's native country; not of foreign origin or of learned formation.
2 (of architecture) concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings. vernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv. [L vernaculus domestic, native f. verna home-born slave] |
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