Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vernacular"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vernacular \Ver*nac"u*lar\, n.
The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the
common forms of expression in a particular locality.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vernacular \Ver*nac"u*lar\, a. [L. vernaculus born in one's
house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master's house,
a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was.]
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth
or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of
language; as, English is our vernacular language. ``A
vernacular disease.'' --Harvey.

His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue.
--Fuller.

Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.
--Pope.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

vernacular
adj : being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term";
"vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the
masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal
species" [syn: {common}, {vulgar}]
n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: {cant}, {jargon},
{slang}, {lingo}, {argot}, {patois}]
2: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from
literary language)


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