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