vəˈnækjulə n. & adj. --n. 1
the language or
dialect of a
particular country (Latin
gave place to the vernacular). 2 the language of a particular
clan or
group. 3
homely speech. --adj. 1 (of language) of one's
native country;
not of
foreign origin or of
learned formation. 2 (of architecture)
concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings. øøvernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv. [L vernaculus
domestic, native f. verna home-born slave]