Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
Source: wiktionary
Lexis
//ˈlɛksɪs//
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By the 1980s, English language teachers generally had begun to realize that there had been a neglect of lexis in teaching methods and coursebooks. […] The basic truth that without vocabulary or lexis we can't express anything had to be restated and a new approach to teaching lexis was needed.
Source: wiktionary
In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.
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