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Noun A name or title that distinguishes or identifies.
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Appellation
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Noun A speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (such as y) contained in a single syllable.
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Diphthong
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Noun A person for whom something is or is thought to be named.
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Eponym
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Noun The study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes.
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Linguistics
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Noun A newly made-up word, phrase, or expression.
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Neologism
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Noun A particular manner or kind of speech.
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Parlance
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Noun a. A dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional or uneducated form of speech. b. The distinctive language of a special group; jargon.
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Patois
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Adj. a. Consisting of many groups speaking different languages. b. Speaking or writing several languages. c. Containing elements or material from different languages.
Noun a. A person who knows several languages. b. A mixture of languages |
Polyglot
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Noun a. The ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence. b. A violation of good manners or good taste. c. Something out the normal or proper order.
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Solecism
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Adj. a. Spoken by or using the language spoken by the common people rather than literary, cultured, or learned people; vernacular. b. Of or associated with the common people. c. Lacking taste or delicacy; coarse. d. Conspicuous and excessive.
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Vulgar
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