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DIALECTS
Noun
dialects
plural of dialect
Anagrams
• catslide, citadels, dactiles, lactides
Source: Wiktionary
DIALECT
Di"a*lect, n. Etym: [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. Dialogue.]
1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. South.
2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned. In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. Earle. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. Prescott.
Syn.
– Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See Language, and Idiom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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