"lexicious"
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Jun 14 17:42:03 UTC 2008
From a friend:
>When Burne-Jones's wife was taking Latin lessons, he wrote to a friend
>that she was "lexicious" deep in languages.
(Edward Burne-Jones was an English artist and designer, associated
with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and worked with William Morris.)
Not in the OED.
Joel
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