nonlexical

1. 1.

   not relating to words

   “nonlexical morphemes”

Questions about nonlexical

What does nonlexical mean?

nonlexical means "not relating to words".

How many syllables are in nonlexical?

nonlexical has 4 syllables and divides as non-lex-i-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is nonlexical a common word?

nonlexical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.