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 the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue.
Fuller.
Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.
Pope.
Ver*nac"u*lar, n. The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often,
the common forms of expression in a particular locality.
Ver*nac"u*lar*ism (?), n. A vernacular idiom.
Ver*nac"u*lar*i*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of making
vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular. Fitzed. Hall.
Ver*nac"u*lar*ly (?), adv. In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular.
Earle.
Ver*nac"u*lous (?), a. [L. vernaculus. See Vernacular.] 1. Vernacular.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. [L. vernaculi, pl., buffoons, jesters.] Scoffing; scurrilous. [A
Latinism. Obs.] "Subject to the petulancy of every vernaculous orator."
B. Jonson.
Ver"nage (?), n. [It. vernaccia.] A kind of sweet wine from Italy.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Ver"nal (?), a. [L. vernalis, fr. vernus vernal, ver spring; akin to
Gr. &?;, Skr. vasanta, Icel. vr, and E. Easter, east.] 1. Of or
pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.