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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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 in the

vernacular

dialect of the Celtic tongue.

Fuller.

Which in our

vernacular

idiom may be thus interpreted.

Pope.

Adj.

[L. vernaculus, born in one's house, from verns, a servant.]

Native; belonging to the country of one's birth. English is our vernacular language. The vernacular idiom is seldom perfectly acquired by foreigners.

Native; belonging to the person by birth or nature.

A vernacular disease, is one which prevails in a particular country or district; more generally called endemic.