Lexus

English

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.

Proper noun

Lexus (uncountable)

1. A brand of high-end motor vehicle from the Toyota Motor Corporation.

   Coordinate term: Toyota

   • 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 August 2022:

     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.

Derived terms

• Lexus lane

Noun

Lexus (plural Lexuses)

1. An automobile of this marque. Often used as an example of a luxury car or luxuriousness in general.

   Synonym: (slang) Lexo

   Coordinate terms: (luxury car, luxuriousness) Cadillac, Buick, Chrysler (dated)

   the Lexus of [product category]

   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

Derived terms

• Lexo