VERNACULAR

vernacular. Vernacular, a. belonging to one's own country

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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 in the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue. Fuller. Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted. Pope.