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idioglots

idioglots is the plural of idioglot.

Meaning of idioglot

Noun

idioglot (plural idioglots)

  1. An idioglot instrument.
    • Masa (tongs) -an idioglot with a sound-rhythmical effect and with a secondary musical function; made of iron.1987, The World of Music - Volume 29, page 69
  2. A person who speaks an idiolect.
    • In a case quoted by Romanes, the reference to which we give later, a child aged 4½ years was the subject of idioglossia, but her younger brother was able to converse with her in her own idioglot language, although he also talked childish English.1891, W. Hale White, C.H. Golding-Bird, “Two Cases of Idioglossia, with Phonographic Demonstration of the Peculiarity of Speech”, in Medico-chirurgical transactions, volume 74

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Questions about idioglots

What is idioglots the plural of?
Idioglots is the plural of idioglot.

Words near idioglots in the dictionary

  1. idiogenous
  2. idioglossia
  3. idioglossias
  4. idioglossic
  5. idioglot
  6. idioglots
  7. idioglottic
  8. idiogram
  9. idiograms
  10. idiograph
  11. idiographic

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