n. & adj.
n. 1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular). 2 the language of a particular clan or group. 3 homely speech.
adj. 1 (of language) of one's native country; not of foreign origin or of learned formation. 2 (of architecture) concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings. vernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv.
[ L vernaculus domestic, native f. verna home-born slave ]