idiolect
pronunciation
How to pronounce idiolect in British English:
UK [ˈɪdiəlekt]
How to pronounce idiolect in American English:
US [ˈɪdiəˌlɛkt]
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- Noun:
- the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life
Word Origin
- idiolect (n.)
- 1948, from idio- + second element abstracted from dialect.
Example
- 1. He knew his vicious antihero , alex , would narrate , and that he would do so in an argot or idiolect the world had never heard before ( he eventually settled on a blend of russian , romany and rhyming slang ) .