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grammelots

grammelots is the plural of grammelot.

Meaning of grammelot

Noun

grammelot (countable and uncountable, plural grammelots)

  1. A style of language used in satirical theater: a gibberish with macaronic and onomatopoeic elements, used in association with mime and mimicry.
    • Actually, much of “Mistero Buffo” doesn't require translation and indeed is untranslatable: Mr. Fo speaks in “grammelot,” a kind of polyglot gabble speckled with an occasional intelligible word.1986 May 25, Scott Rosenberg, “Dario Fo, Italy's Political Clown, Pays a Visit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about grammelots

What is grammelots the plural of?
Grammelots is the plural of grammelot.

Words near grammelots in the dictionary

  1. gramme molecules
  2. gramme-molecular weight
  3. gramme-molecular weights
  4. grammed
  5. grammelot
  6. grammelots
  7. grammeme
  8. grammemes
  9. grammemic
  10. grammer
  11. grammers

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