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vernacular
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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His skill in the vernacular dialect of the Celtic
tongue. --Fuller.
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Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.
--Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vernacular \Ver*nac"u*lar\, n. The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to literary or learned forms. [1913 Webster + PJC]
