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mesilect

/ˈmɛsɪlɛkt/

mesilect is the alternative spelling of mesolect.

Meaning of mesolect

Noun

mesolect (plural mesolects)

  1. A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.
    • [...] one characteristic of the mesolect seems to be that it contains, not merely forms from the polar lects, but forms which in function, if not always in phonetic shape, are peculiar to itself.1973 Sep, Derek Bickerton, “The Nature of a Creole Continuum”, in Language, 49(3), page 642

Forms of mesilect

pluralmesilects

Origin of mesilect

From mesi- + -lect. An etymologically inconsistent concatenation, occurring perhaps due to the influence of basilect.

Questions about mesilect

What is mesilect the alternative spelling of?
Mesilect is the alternative spelling of mesolect.
How do you pronounce mesilect?
Mesilect is pronounced /ˈmɛsɪlɛkt/.

Words near mesilect in the dictionary

  1. Mesidor
  2. Mesidors
  3. Mesiha
  4. mesilate
  5. mesilates
  6. mesilect
  7. mesilects
  8. mesilf
  9. Mesilla
  10. Mesilla Park
  11. mesima

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mesilect (page history and authors); mesolect (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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