name A diminutive female nickname for Alexis, Alexia, Alexandra or Alexandria.
- And then a curious postscript: I share your dislike of the shortening of names but I must say that I'm not sure 'Alexandra' is entirely suitable for you. It seems to me that you require a name with rather more brio. I see you as a 'Lexie'. What do you think?
— Maggie O'Farrell (2010)
noun The smallest unit of reading, for example a sentence or part of a sentence.
- It is essential for the analyst to be able to construct these canonic statements out of the linguistic statements given in the lexies.
— Jean Calloud, Structural Analysis of Narrative (1976)
- It is essential for the analyst to be able to construct these canonic statements out of the linguistic statements given in the lexies.
— Jean Calloud (1976)
