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cryptolanguages

cryptolanguages is the plural of cryptolanguage.

Meaning of cryptolanguage

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

Questions about cryptolanguages

What is cryptolanguages the plural of?
Cryptolanguages is the plural of cryptolanguage.

Words near cryptolanguages in the dictionary

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

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