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Antonyms for vernacular

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ver-nak-yuh-ler, vuh-nak-
Phonetic Transcription : vərˈnæk yə lər, vəˈnæk-

Definition of vernacular

Origin :
  • c.1600, "native to a country," from Latin vernaculus "domestic, native," from verna "home-born slave, native," a word of Etruscan origin. Used in English in the sense of Latin vernacula vocabula, in reference to language.
  • adj native, colloquial
  • noun native language
Example sentences :
  • "'It is not the custom,'" wearily quoted Kingozi in the vernacular.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The jokes are in the vernacular, but in a vernacular as spoken in a certain social medium.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • He was, if you will pardon the vernacular, on the outside, looking in.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • This court is overrun with Jesuits, and we must needs adopt their vernacular.
  • Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer
  • She said this in the tone of one consciously assuming the vernacular.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • He told his story in a vernacular racier than I dare to copy; but it came to this.
  • Extract from : « The Making Of A Novelist » by David Christie Murray
  • These were what were known in the vernacular as "on-marchantable shingle-bolts."
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • He used no slang, and retained scarcely a word of his boyhood's vernacular.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • Vernacular (from verna, a slave born in his master's house).
  • Extract from : « The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 » by Thomas de Quincey
  • Stannard would use the vernacular of the frontier when at all excited.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King

Synonyms for vernacular

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