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单词 heptaglot
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heptaglotadj.n.

Etymology: < Greek ἑπτά hepta- comb. form + γλῶττα tongue, -γλῶττος -tongued: compare polyglot adj. and n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈheptaglot.
A. adj.
Using or written in seven languages.
ΚΠ
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 417 It was in connexion with this polyglott that E. Castle produced his famous Heptaglott Lexicon.
B. n.
A book in seven languages.
ΚΠ
1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible xxvii. 245 They are indeed much inferiour to the Parisian Heptaglots in the largeness and goodness of the Paper.

Derivatives

heptagloˈttology n. Obsolete (See quot. 1618.)
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1618 E. Rive (title) An Heptaglottologie, that is, a Treatise concerning Seven Languages.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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