Alexical

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not lexical. not-comparable, rare

    "In Wolfram hatte Hunger, we would not say that Wolfram is the possessor of the hunger. Hence, the descriptive content is close to nothing, and it is perhaps somewhat arbitrary whether one considers hab- to be alexical or lexical."

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"In Wolfram hatte Hunger, we would not say that Wolfram is the possessor of the hunger. Hence, the descriptive content is close to nothing, and it is perhaps somewhat arbitrary whether one considers hab- to be alexical or lexical."

Etymology

From a- + lexical.

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