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Word: Idiolect
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1940s: from idio- ‘own, personal’ + -lect as in dialect
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪdɪəlɛkt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the speech habits peculiar to a particular person
Short Definition:speech habits peculiar to particular person
Examples:- in his strange idiolect, he preferred to call angels ‘angelicals’
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