lexia

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noun

le·​xia

ləˈhēə

plural -s

: a soft light-colored raisin produced chiefly in Spain and Australia from which vinifera grapes that are treated with a caustic solution and sometimes with olive oil before drying

-lexia

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noun combining form

-lex·​ia

ˈleksēə

plural -s

: reading of (such) a kind or with (such) an impairment

bradylexia

dyslexia

Word History

Etymology

Noun

perhaps from obsolete Spanish lexía lye (now lejía), from Latin lixiva, feminine of lixivus consisting of lye

Noun combining form

New Latin, from Greek lexis word, speech

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