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.
VERNACULARISM
Ver*nac"u*lar*ism, n.
Defn: A vernacular idiom.
VERNACULARIZATION
Ver*nac"u*lar*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular. Fitzed. Hall.
VERNACULARLY
Ver*nac"u*lar*ly, adv.
Defn: In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular. Earle.
VERNACULOUS
Ver*nac"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. vernaculus. See Vernacular.]