Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vernacular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
cant | Yes | No | Yes | No |
vernacular (noun) | cant (noun) |
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the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | |
insincere talk about religion or morals | |
a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force |
vernacular (adjective) | cant (adjective) |
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being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language |
vernacular (verb) | cant (verb) |
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heel over |