Category:Vernacular

Ver*nac"u*lar, a. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.

Vernacular Ver*nac"u*lar, n.

Defn: the vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common Forms of expression in a particular locality.