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 (?), 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.