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xenoglossy

/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi/

xenoglossy noun: knowledge of a language one has never learned.

Noun

xenoglossy (countable and uncountable, plural xenoglossies)

  1. Knowledge of a language one has never learned.
    • The most well-documented case of xenoglossy, however, concerned Swiss Medium Hélène Smith (1861-1929), who falsely claimed to speak the Martian language.2007 September 1, J. Gordon Melton, The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena, Canton: Visible Ink, →ISBN, →OL, keyword “xenoglossy”, page 359
    Synonyms:
    xenoglossia
  2. Glossolalia.

xenoglossy meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

xenoglossy in Tamil

xenoglossy
அந்நியபாஷை anniyapāṣai

xenoglossy in Arabic

knowledge of a language one has never learned
زينوغلوسيا

xenoglossy in Malay

knowledge of a language one has never learned
xenoglossia

xenoglossy in Indonesian

knowledge of a language one has never learned
xenoglosia
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xenoglossy in Persian
زنوگلاسی

Synonyms of xenoglossy

Forms of xenoglossy

pluralxenoglossies

Origin of xenoglossy

From xeno- + -glossia, borrowed from French xénoglossie.

Words formed from xenoglossy

Questions about xenoglossy

What does xenoglossy mean?
Xenoglossy means knowledge of a language one has never learned.
What is xenoglossy in Tamil?
Xenoglossy in Tamil is அந்நியபாஷை (anniyapāṣai). See Xenoglossy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is xenoglossy?
Xenoglossy is a noun.
How do you pronounce xenoglossy?
Xenoglossy is pronounced /ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi/.
What is the plural of xenoglossy?
The plural of xenoglossy is xenoglossies.

Words near xenoglossy in the dictionary

  1. xenoglossia
  2. xenoglossic
  3. xenoglossically
  4. xenoglossies
  5. xenoglossophobia
  6. xenoglossy
  7. xenognosin
  8. xenognosins
  9. xenografic
  10. xenograft
  11. xenografted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xenoglossy (page history and authors); அந்நியபாஷை (Tamil) (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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