Definition of 'vernacular'

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Noun

1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
      Synonyms: slang cant jargon lingo argot patois
2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

Adjective

1. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
      Synonyms: common vulgar

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