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Your word for today is: wordhoard, n.

wordhoard, n.
[‘ A store of words; (in later use esp.) the vocabulary of a person,
group, or language.’]
Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈwəːdhɔːd/,  U.S. /ˈwərdˌhɔ(ə)rd/
Forms: see word n. and hoard n.1
Etymology: <  word n. + hoard n.1
 orig. poet.
  A store of words; (in later use esp.) the vocabulary of a person,
group, or language.
In modern use first appearing in translations of or references to the
Old English word; now in more general use, although still somewhat
arch.
eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) vi. 1 Ða
se wisdom eft wordhord onleac, sang soðcwidas.
OE Widsith 1 Widsið maðolade, wordhord onleac.

1842  B. Thorpe tr. Codex Exoniensis 313 List what to me a prudent
sage..Said, a wise messenger,..His word-hoard disclos'd.
1850  M. F. Tupper King Alfred's Poems 27 Then did Wisdom again Unlock
his word-hoard well.
1869  W. Barnes Early England & Saxon-English 130 A Hoard, as herd, is
a kind of gathering of any kind of things, as..Word-hoard—Vocabulary.
1939  L. Bacon Semi-centennial iii. 38 The rite properly initiated, he
unlocked his word-hoard.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. 6a/1 Books
consulted in the Springfield City Library whose librarians have..given
the editorial staff..access to its large and valuable word-hoard.
1966 Listener 24 Nov. 779/2 Thomas was immensely proud of his bulging
word-hoard.
1999  K. Jackson Invisible Forms 106 The archaised wordhoard of Furnivall & Co.

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