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mesolectal

mesolectal adjective: relating to a mesolect.

Adjective

mesolectal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a mesolect.
    • I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158

Origin of mesolectal

From mesolect + -al.

Questions about mesolectal

What does mesolectal mean?
Mesolectal means relating to a mesolect.
What part of speech is mesolectal?
Mesolectal is an adjective.

Words near mesolectal in the dictionary

  1. mesolayer
  2. mesolayers
  3. mesole
  4. mesolecithal
  5. mesolect
  6. mesolectal
  7. mesolects
  8. mesoleg
  9. mesolegs
  10. mesolevel
  11. mesolevels

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