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cryptolects

cryptolects is the plural of cryptolect.

Meaning of cryptolect

Noun

cryptolect (plural cryptolects)

  1. A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant.
    • Cockney rhyming slang developed originally from the cryptolects of London’s thieves and vagabonds.
    Synonyms:
    antilanguage, argot, cant

Questions about cryptolects

What is cryptolects the plural of?
Cryptolects is the plural of cryptolect.

Words near cryptolects in the dictionary

  1. cryptolanguage
  2. cryptolanguages
  3. cryptolecanorine
  4. cryptolect
  5. cryptolectal
  6. cryptolects
  7. cryptolepine
  8. cryptoliberal
  9. cryptoliberals
  10. cryptolibertarian
  11. cryptolibertarianism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cryptolects (page history and authors); cryptolect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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