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单词 -glot
释义

-glotcomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -γλωττος, γλῶττα.
Etymology: < ancient Greek -γλωττος (in e.g. ancient Greek πολύγλωττος polyglot adj., ἀνθρωπόγλωττος (see anthropoglot n.), Hellenistic Greek δίγλωττος diglot adj. and n.) < ancient Greek γλῶττα, Attic form of γλῶσσα tongue, language (see gloss n.1).Earliest in the mid 17th cent. in the borrowings polyglot adj. and polyglot n. An early formation within English is apparently shown by tetraglot adj. (compare also tetraglottical adj. at tetraglot adj. Derivatives). Compare French -glotte (formations in which are found from the 16th cent.).
1. Forming adjectives designating a person who speaks or knows the number or quantity of languages indicated by the first element, or a text written in the specified number of languages, as biglot adj., monoglot adj., panglot adj., etc.
2. Forming nouns denoting a person who speaks or knows the number or quantity of languages indicated by the first element, as monoglot n., pantoglot n., etc.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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