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cryptolanguage

cryptolanguage noun: a secret language.

Noun

cryptolanguage (plural cryptolanguages)

  1. A secret language.
    • The history of cant lexicography has contributed in part to a widely held misconception about slang, namely, that slang is used as a secret language known only to the members of a select group: that slang is a crypto-language.1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page vii

Forms of cryptolanguage

pluralcryptolanguages

Origin of cryptolanguage

From crypto- + language.

Questions about cryptolanguage

What does cryptolanguage mean?
Cryptolanguage means a secret language.
What part of speech is cryptolanguage?
Cryptolanguage is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptolanguage?
The plural of cryptolanguage is cryptolanguages.

Words near cryptolanguage in the dictionary

  1. cryptojacks
  2. cryptokarst
  3. cryptokarstic
  4. cryptokarsts
  5. cryptolalia
  6. cryptolanguage
  7. cryptolanguages
  8. cryptolecanorine
  9. cryptolect
  10. cryptolectal
  11. cryptolects

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