WOTW #6

This word is number 6 I believe.

ver·nac·u·lar

 

[ver-nak-yuh-ler, vuh-nak-]

–adjective

1.

(of language) native or indigenous ( opposed to literary  or learned).

2.

expressed or written in the native language of a place, asliterary works: a vernacular poem.

3.

using such a language: a vernacular speaker.

4.

of or pertaining to such a language.

5.

using plain, everyday, ordinary language.

6.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of architectural vernacular.

7.

noting or pertaining to the common name for a plant oranimal.

8.

Obsolete . (of a disease) endemic.

–noun

9.

the native speech or language of a place.

10.

the language or vocabulary peculiar to a class or profession.

11.

a vernacular word or expression.

12.

the plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinarypeople.

13.

the common name of an animal or plant as distinguished fromits Latin scientific name.

14.

a style of architecture exemplifying the commonesttechniques, decorative features, and materials of a particularhistorical period, region, or group of people.

15.

any medium or mode of expression that reflects popular tasteor indigenous styles.

From Dictionary.com.

Using definition 5, the word vernacular is not vernacular, even though what is vernacular is by definition vernacular.