Meanings
- uncountableA 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
plural Lexuses
- An automobile of this marque. Often used as an example of a luxury car or luxuriousness in general.
the Lexus of microwave ovens
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the Lexus of [product category]
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
Synonyms: Lexo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn automobile of this marque. Often used as an example of a luxury car or luxuriousness in general.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Lexus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lexus
“Lexus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lexus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lexus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lexus.
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