polyglossicadj.
/ˌpɒlɪˈɡlɒsɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈɡlɔsɪk/, /ˌpɑliˈɡlɑsɪk/ Involving or including two or more voices or languages.
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1983 Novel 16 175 [Bakhtin's essay] brings together monoglossic and polyglossic forms through an emphasis on the parodic and carnivalesque character of..the parodic versions that typically accompany what Bakhtin calls monoglossic official works.
1989 B. Ashcroft et al. Empire writes Back (1999) ii. 39 Polyglossic or ‘polydialectical’ communities occur principally in the Caribbean, where a multitude of dialects interweave to form a generally comprehensible linguistic continuum.
2004 Film Crit. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 1 The original Psycho has the final voiceover only of Mom talking. In Van Sant's Psycho, at least two voices speak—Norman and Mom: a polyglossic closing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1983- for a person's blood
- for a person's delectation
- for a person's mend
- for a person's mercy
- for a person's occasion
- for a person's worship
- for a push
- for a rainy day
- for a season
- for a shift
- for a song
- for a space
- for a spell
- for a spurt
- for a start
- for a start-off
- for a starter
- for a startoff
- for a sudden
- for a surety
- for a then-skill
- for a thenskill
- for a thing's sake
- for a truth
- for a wanworth