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  • ETYMOLOGY - Created from the words Lexicon - the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge - And the word Morph - To change or transform - The word "LEXICON" (verb) to describe a word which has changed meaning over time (Ex: Nice, cool, hot, ect)

    Also seen as "Leximorphic" (adj.) incorporates languages and words which regularly takes words such as “Nice” and changes the word or meaning, (such as “nice" vs "NICE"), for the expression of emphasis or re-assigned meaning about the given subject (assumed or stated).

    December 28, 2015