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Lexus en · NOUN

Etymology

An invented word developed circa 1987 by Team One as the marketing team for the brand; said to have no specific meaning but to be euphonious and to evoke a luxurious and technological image (not unusual among car model name origins); for more, see Wikipedia at Lexus § History.

Meanings

  1. An automobile of this marque. Often used as an example of a luxury car or luxuriousness in general.
    • the Lexus of microwave ovens
    • She cryin poor mouth but she pull up in a brand new Lexus? Who fallin for that?
    • a parking lot full of Cadillacs, Lexuses, and BMWs
    • the Lexus of [product category]

Forms

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Lexuses Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

Buick · Cadillac · Chrysler

Deriveds

Lexo

Synonyms

Lexo

wikipedia: Lexus#History · wikipedia: Team One (advertising agency)

Lexus en · PROPN

Etymology

An invented word developed circa 1987 by Team One as the marketing team for the brand; said to have no specific meaning but to be euphonious and to evoke a luxurious and technological image (not unusual among car model name origins); for more, see Wikipedia at Lexus § History.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A brand of high-end motor vehicle from the Toyota Motor Corporation.
    • The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien. 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022:

Coordinates

Toyota

Deriveds

Lexus lane

wikipedia: Lexus#History · wikipedia: Team One (advertising agency)