Ver*nac"u*lar (?), a. [L. vernaculus born in one's house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master's house, a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was.]
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.
"A
vernacular disease."
Harvey.
His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue.
Fuller.
Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.
Pope.
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Ver*nac"u*lar, n.
The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.
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