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diglot, diglott, a. and n.|ˈdaɪglɒt|
[ad. Gr. δίγλωττ-ος speaking two languages, f. δι-, δισ- twice + γλῶττα, Attic for γλῶσσα, tongue, language.]
Using or containing two languages, bilingual; expressed or written in two languages; also as n. A diglot book or version (cf. polyglot). So diˈglottic, a. (in quot., Speaking two languages); ˈdiglottism, the use of two languages, or of words derived from two languages.
1863in Smith's Dict. Bible III. 1557 The conquests of Alexander and of Rome had made men diglottic to an extent which has no parallel in history. 1871Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue §78 Words run much in couples, the one being English the other French..In the following..there are two of these diglottisms in a single line. ‘Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye’. 1885Rept. Brit. & For. Bible Soc. App. B 361 The other edition [of the Breton N.T.] is a diglot form with the Revised Ostervald New Testament. 1890Academy 8 Nov. 424/1 Of the Bibles, &c., printed in more than one language..there are 21 English ‘di-glotts’, 12 French, and 6 German. |