lexie

See also: Lexie

English

Alternative forms

• lexia

Etymology

From the French lexie, originating in the writings of Roland Barthes. Further from Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs, “a saying, a word”).

Noun

lexie (plural lexies)

1. (literary theory) A minimal unit of reading, such as a sentence or sentence fragment
   • 1976, Jean Calloud, Structural Analysis of Narrative‎^[1], page 15:

     It is essential for the analyst to be able to construct these canonic statements out of the linguistic statements given in the lexies.

Anagrams

• exile

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

lexie f (plural lexies)

1. lexie

Further reading

• “lexie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.