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idiolects

idiolects is the plural of idiolect.

Meaning of idiolect

Noun

idiolect (plural idiolects)

  1. The language variant used by a specific individual.
    • She perfected the fictional idiolect, fashioning habits of speaking for even minor characters that rendered them utterly singular.2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 3

Questions about idiolects

What is idiolects the plural of?
Idiolects is the plural of idiolect.

Words near idiolects in the dictionary

  1. idiolectal
  2. idiolectally
  3. idiolectic
  4. idiolectical
  5. idiolectically
  6. idiolects
  7. idiologi
  8. idiologus
  9. idiology
  10. idiom
  11. idiom blend

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