supralanguage
/ˈsuːprəˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/ /ˈsjuːprəˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/Somewhat rare (chiefly in academic discourse)
noun
1A higher-level language, especially a language which acts as a lingua franca.
2A language which communicates its meaning more expressively or intuitively than could a natural language.
adjective
= paralinguistic.
Origin
1960s. From supra- + language.
- put the cart before the horse
- put the clocks back (or forward)
- put the fear of God in (or into) someone
- put the finger on
- put the flags (or flag) out
- put the frighteners on
- put the hard word on
- put their (or our or your) heads together
- put the lid (or the tin lid) on it
- put the make on
- put the mockers on
- put the question
- put the screws on
- put the skids under
- put the squeeze on
- put the tin lid on
- put-through
- puttied
- puttin'-aff
- putting cleek
- putting club
- putting green
- putting hole
- putting iron
- putting-off